Information security and art in Art Dubai
As part of the VIP Collectors Circle, I decided to take part of a tour through the Jameel Arts Centre, a hub for contemporary art.
The standout was the Global Positioning System exhibition curated by Indranjan Banerjee and Lucas Morin.
If you have been living in the area you would have already experienced certain days of GPS jamming during the missile / drone attacks from Iran. But this exhibition is more than that - telling stories of how important mapping and navigation systems have been beyond the world map.
Anything from the abuse of such systems in the form of military surveillance as part of war, to the mundane as part of infrastructure. From the conceptual such as the concept of terra nulius or "nobodys land" right through the obvious and factual such research project works.
The other amazing thing is that there is even a book collection to accompany the exhibition, with one of the books "Visualizing, Mapping Diagrams of Power and Performing Resistance" edited by Patricio Davila.
I hope that my information security contacts (and also arts contacts) can appreciate the current exhibition at Jameel Arts Centre from now until October 4 2026.
https://jameelartscentre.org/whats-on/global-positioning-system/
