RADIUS 1&2
نصف القطر 1 و2

Radius 1 & 2 are the brain child of artist / filmmaker Ibrahim Quraishi with VR and interactive concept developed by the cyber philosopher and technology researcher Stanislaw Liguzinski. The footage was taken on a home-made drone, while traveling by car from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and attempting to enter the war zone of Yemen. On the way through this tranquil landscape of the southern Arabian Gulf, the artist was met by a massive military industrial complex. Forbidden to enter or even cross the blocked zone, Radius 1&2 was developed by using cyber technology to understand the dimensions of war and peace in the Arabian Gulf. 

As human’s we've always been prone to subjecting the space around us to our own will. All visual technologies we've created - beginning with cave paintings, architectural designs, microscopy or cinema and ending with drones were molded according to our needs, capabilities and pleasure. Starting from narrative 2- dimensional projections inscribed on the walls of Lascaux, through lenses and algorithms in digital image-making, we've created codes that compress the world around us, push it through machines and decompress as if ours was the only gaze involved. Between the lens, motherboards, chips, cables and rotors of the drone our fantasy created cockpits (even if they were rationalized as remote desks somewhere in US military bases), eradicating the idea of intermediary machine that sees the space in its own optical-digital way. But what if, in the spark of glitchy recognition, a drone would break out of its behavioral pattern and started considering, analyzing, interpreting and finally - unloading its sense of space and reality on us?

Ibrahim Quraishi presents her a series of 7 NFTs, accompanied by printed and signed physical prints of the digital images, sent to the collector

Parallel to this digital prints exhibition, Ibrahim Quraishi is presenting two videos, on auction during ARQAAM, as well as within ARQAAM’s 3D space at NewArtCity

كبشركنا دائمًا عرضة لإخضاع الفضاء من حولنا لإرادتنا. تم تشكيل جميع التقنيات المرئية التي أنشأناها وفقًا لاحتياجاتنا وقدراتنا ومتعتنا بدءًا من لوحات الكهوف أو التصميمات المعمارية أو الفحص المجهري أو السينما وانتهاءً بالكاميرات الطائرة. بدءًا من الإسقاطات السردية ثنائية الأبعاد المنقوشة على جدران كهف لاسكو، من خلال العدسات والخوارزميات في صناعة الصور الرقمية، قمنا بخلق رموزًا تضغط على العالم من حولنا، وتدفعه عبر الآلات وتزيل هذا الضغط كما لو كانت نظراتنا هي النظرة الوحيدة المتورطة في الأمر. في هذا العمل "نصف القطر 1 و2"، ينتهي الأمر بإبراهيم قريشي الذي يحاول دخول اليمن التي مزقتها الحرب، إلى صنع كاميرات طائرة منزلية الصنع لالتقاط صور لمناطق غير مرئية. هذا العمل غريب ومثير للقلق ومغري. يجمع "نصف القطر 1 و2" بين البراعة البصرية لإبراهيم قريشي وصرامته الفلسفية مع جماليات خاصة بأجهزة المراقبة والشعور بالشمولية

يقدم إبراهيم قريشي في المعرض سلسلة من 7 صور رقمية مصحوبة بطبعات مادية وموقعة يتم إرسالها إلى المقتني 

Radius 1_2
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346210234555170821
Smart Contract: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Radius 1_4
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346211334066798597
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Radius 1_5
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346212433578426373
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Radius 2_1
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346213533090054149
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Radius 2_2
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346214632601681925
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Radius 2_3
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346215732113309701
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

Radius 2_4
From the series ‘Radius 1&2’

Token ID: 84301746578931856517183130527659786383208166268429670359815346216831624937477
Smart contract address: https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963

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