Global Positioning System

A group exhibition dedicated to mapping and navigation systems, “telling stories of fast cars and donkeys, spinning globes and street barricades, cosmic highways and broken bridges …” Curated by Indranjan Banerjee and Lucas Morin, the exhibition presents a wide range of practices, from research-based critical engagements with infrastructure projects to conceptual works that question the very perception of distance. It’s in two parts, reflecting Art Jameel’s specific geographic footprint at two extremities of the Arabian Peninsula: at the Jameel in Dubai, the show centres on navigation systems and mobility networks; at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah the exhibition (which runs to 17 October) focuses on cartography and mapping.