Sophia Al-Maria
An image from Little Birds, one of the productions that also features Sophia Al-Maria.

Sophia Al-Maria

Sophia Al Maria is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She studied comparative literature at the American University in Cairo, and aural and visual cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. For the past few years, she has been carrying out research around the concept of Gulf Futurism. Her primary interests are around the isolation of individuals via technology and reactionary Islam, the corrosive elements of consumerism and industry, and the erasure of history and the blinding approach of a future no one is ready for. She explores these ideas with certain guidebooks and ideas including, but not limited to, Zizek’s The Desert of the Unreal, As-Sufi’s Islamic Book of the Dead, as well as imagery from Islamic eschatology, post humanism and the global mythos of Science Fiction.

Little Birds

Little Birds

2020

Wayuu Creation Myth

Wayuu Creation Myth

2017

Tender Point Ruin

Tender Point Ruin

2021

Tiger Strike Red

Tiger Strike Red

2022

Mirror Cookie

Mirror Cookie

Le Radeau de la Méduse

A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale

A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale

2014

The Magical State

The Magical State

2017