Generative AI models rely on biased datasets. In the Arab Peninsula, this often leads to stereotypical visual narratives that misrepresent (or neoorientalise) cities.
The Dis-Orientalist challenges these perceptions by interrogating quotidian architecture, unsung structures, interstitial spaces, and diverse public realms in the UAE. It aims to use generative AI to realign urban imagery with local hybrid canons.
Participants
ROBERTO FABBRI, OMAIR FAIZULLAH, LINA AHMAD, AND MARCO SOSA
ABU DHABI, UAE
Roberto Fabbri, Forlì, Italy, 1972. Lives and works in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Omair Faizullah, Sialkot, Pakistan, 1975. Lives and works in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Lina Ahmad, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 1980. Lives and works in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Marco Sosa, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1968. Lives and works in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Team
Alexander Sidorov and Silvia Sidorov (Photographers @abudhabistreets); Emanuela Buscemi (Researcher)
Supporters
Zayed University, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, UAE
