Spacetoons features eleven emerging artists from the Gulf who mediate sci-fi-futurist tropes, internet references, shifting landscapes and cross-regional experiences that signal the ‘accelerated future.’

Misk Art Institute has partnered with Athr Gallery to present Spacetoons, an exhibition curated by Zain Al Saie, a promising alumna from the Institute’s Curatorial Collective Course.

Spacetoons takes precedence from Spacetoon TV, a pan–Arab cartoon network that began broadcasting children's television programs at the turn of the millennium. The network’s official slogan “Shabab Al Mostaqbal ''  is  a nod to the agency of its target audience, the channel’s pedagogical value, and the generation that it shaped.

This exhibition focuses on the entertainment industry in the region as a medium to navigate utopias that encompass screens, our everyday lives, and national aspirations. In effect, these animate a playful discussion towards imaginative and realized utopias in Saudi, and the Arabian Gulf at large.

Curator: Zain Al Saie

Artists:

Ziad Kaki

Abdullah Al Thawab

Ahaad Al Amoudi

Moza Al Matrooshi

Meshal Al Jaser

Sarah Abu Abdullah

Moath Alofi

Amr Alngmah

Aziz Jamal

Lulwa Al Yahya

Mohamed Khalid