Heterotopia_abu_en

Mobile application for Akira Takayama's artistic project 'Heterotopia Abu Dhabi'

Durub Al Tawaya VI has invited artist Akira Takayama to produce a version of his project Heterotopia specifically for the city of Abu Dhabi. The project started in Tokyo in 2013 and has developed in cities throughout Asia and Europe. In its Abu Dhabi version, the performance guides visitors through a downloadable mobile application to six destination points around the city. Once the visitors arrive at each spot, an audio recording plays a story that might have taken place there. Six local and international writers and poets were commissioned to write a text inspired by one of these different locations, carefully selected by the artist in a fictional pairing that explores hidden themes within the city.