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Expo City Dubai launches 10-day festival of Emirati Light Art and Culture

The free-to-attend festival is created and organised by Expo City Dubai, in partnership with AGB Creative and supported by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. Read More

Sunday January 28, 2024 12:09 PM , ummid.com with inputs from Agencies

Dubai: Dhai Dubai, the first-ever Emirati-led Light Art Festival, has launched its illuminating 10-day programme at Expo City Dubai.

The event celebrates the rich artistic tapestry of Emirati through a series of awe-inspiring artistic projections, interactive installations, enlightening talks and creative workshops.

Dhai Dubai 2024 Date

The free-to-attend festival is created and organised by Expo City Dubai, in partnership with AGB Creative and supported by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.

The 10-day festival will run from January 26 to February 4, 2024.

Artists lighting up the inaugural event included Mattar Bin Lahej, known for designing the calligraphic façade on the Museum of the Future; pioneering artist Dr Najat Makki, honoured with the French Chevalier of Arts and Letters; Emirates Fine Arts Society co-founder Dr Mohamed Yousef; designer Abdulla Almulla, who participated in last year's London Design Biennale and Dubai Design Week; multi-disciplinary artist Maitha Hamdan; esteemed designer Khalid Al Shafar, renowned for his collaborations with LASVIT and the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum; and celebrated visual artist Reem Al Ghaith.

'Sisters of the Desert'

Meanwhile, Al Wasl Plaza's iconic dome, spanning 130 metres wide and 67.5 metres tall, with a 360-degree projection surface, will come to life with a series of special projection shows titled Sisters of the Desert. The show is inspired by the exceptional work of the late Emirati artist, Dhabia Juma Lamlah, who embodied the resilient soul of Dubai.

Dhabia Juma Lamlah defied her inability to use her right hand and communicate through speech, by expressing herself through more than 200 remarkable artworks. Reflecting Dubai's spirit of multicultural collaboration, the show also features special guests, Australian artist Rene Kulitja and South African artist Dr Esther Mahlangu, who weave together a narrative of resilience and cross-cultural connectivity, using art to bridge people separated by seemingly vast distances.

Elsewhere, Solar Canopy, an interactive installation powered by guests cycling on stationary bikes, demonstrates how collective participation generates more power than solitary efforts; Elysian Arcs invites guests to walk under graceful, curved structures to explore the interplay of colour, light and human emotions; and Solar Dance, which invites visitors to freely dance amid responsive lights, creating a fleeting, collaborative art piece in real time.

 

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