Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Art Futures Announces CONTINUUM 26 Exhibition

Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), a Saudi Arabian institution dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary creative practices, has unveiled the artists featured in its upcoming exhibition, CONTINUUM 26. This exhibition celebrates the creative output of participants from DAF's second Emerging New Media Artists Program, positioning the center as a pioneer in new media arts within the Middle East and North Africa.

DAF's mission centers on empowering the next generation of artists by integrating arts, research, and education. The CONTINUUM 26 exhibition aims to foster new forms of creative expression and expand Saudi Arabia's cultural landscape, aligning with the broader ambitions of the Museums Commission and Saudi Vision 2030. The exhibition series, now in its second year, highlights innovative voices in new media and digital art.

Running from September 3 to November 7 in Diriyah, Riyadh, CONTINUUM 26 will feature major new works developed by artists during a year-long program. Mentored by Louis-Philippe Demers and Rick Treweek, participants explored diverse mediums including immersive installations, light and sound art, moving image, virtual reality, mixed reality, and AI-generated projects.

The exhibition's title, CONTINUUM, reflects the ever-evolving nature of artistic inquiry and the dynamic convergence of different creative paths. It symbolizes the artists' developmental journeys and the fluid boundaries between reality and artificiality, the organic and synthetic, and human and artificial intelligence. The works are organized around four thematic pillars: memory as a living process, systems of power and optimization, the body and perception, and repetition and collective experience, bridging technological exploration with profound human questions.