A Radical Intimacy of Hanging Out: Group Show

A group show featuring Asma Khoory, Taqwa Al Naqbi and Sultan Al Remeithi, the Gulf moves fast—its landscapes shifting, its past folded into an imagined future. But amid the steel and shimmer, a quieter act endures: the radical intimacy of hanging out.

To "kill time" sounds destructive, yet it can be an act of care. This exhibition reclaims lingering as a form of connection, questioning the logic of Gulf urbanism, where time is spent, traded, or wasted. Against this acceleration, "killing time" emerges as a space of resistance—a pause that values presence over productivity.

Through their works, the artists explore whether time is ever truly lost when it is lived. These fleeting moments, often dismissed, reveal fractures in how we understand time: at once ephemeral and lasting, communal and isolating. In a Gulf caught between rapid growth and fragmented identities, hanging out becomes an act of co-creation—a quiet defiance, shaping the landscapes we call home.