An exhibition of multimedia comic art and animation is open to the public until Monday, March 17, at The Space, twofour54.
The show, the result of an eight-week Abu Dhabi Festival initiative titled The Hero Inside: Abu Dhabi, is a collection of works by students from Abu Dhabi schools and New York University Abu Dhabi. It is part of ADF’s ‘Youth at the Festival’ platform, offering young people the chance to share, create and innovate alongside their peers.
The exhibition is curated by the programme’s creative director, Trevor Kweku Blackwood, with support from the illustrator Dr Hosni Mojahed, as well as Amel Al Marzooqi, the Emirati actress, filmmaker and founder of Ancienne Majan Cinematographie.
Museum of the Future in numbers
- 78 metres is the height of the museum
- 30,000 square metres is its total area
- 17,000 square metres is the length of the stainless steel facade
- 14 kilometres is the length of LED lights used on the facade
- 1,024 individual pieces make up the exterior
- 7 floors in all, with one for administrative offices
- 2,400 diagonally intersecting steel members frame the torus shape
- 100 species of trees and plants dot the gardens
- Dh145 is the price of a ticket
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
The biog
Name: Dhabia Khalifa AlQubaisi
Age: 23
How she spends spare time: Playing with cats at the clinic and feeding them
Inspiration: My father. He’s a hard working man who has been through a lot to provide us with everything we need
Favourite book: Attitude, emotions and the psychology of cats by Dr Nicholes Dodman
Favourit film: 101 Dalmatians - it remind me of my childhood and began my love of dogs
Word of advice: By being patient, good things will come and by staying positive you’ll have the will to continue to love what you're doing
