An evening filled with light,music and art at Artscape

Head out to Saadiyat Island tomorrow for an evening of light and music inspired by the artworks from Guggenheim Abu Dhabi’s first major exhibition.

Hosted by Tourism & Culture Authority Abu Dhabi, Artscape is a free-to-attend interactive event promoting the Seeing Through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection currently on display at Manarat Al Saadiyat.

The Egyptian artist Hassan Khan, whose artwork Dom Tak Tak Dom Tak features in the collection, is one of the major musical acts of the evening. His piece is titled Taraban and the starting point for his set is two early 20th-century Egyptian songs by Youssef El Manialawy. Khan has worked with classical Arabian musicians playing the oud, qanoun, violin and riqq, and singers to create melodic patterns developed from the modes and transitions used in the original songs. Dom Tak Tak Dom Tak is also music-based – it amplifies Shaabi music set to a light sequence.

Original article by Anna Seaman

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An evening filled with light,music and art at Artscape