The Sikka Art Fair has become a playing ground for experimental artists in the UAE to test their limits in creating thought-proving and dramatic art. We select some of the installations and performances to catch before the 2016 edition ends on Thursday, March 24.
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Watch some mind-boggling body weight stunts by Gravity DXB and Parkour Dubai members in the parkour and callisthenics corner at Sikka. Courtesy Sikka Art Fair -
A group of Dubai-based artists from diverse backgrounds have come together to create The Animation Chamber, experimenting with stop-motion animation, pixilation and light painting. Courtesy Sikka Art Fair -
Chinese artist Liu Bolin has brought his famous Invisible Man series to Sikka this year. The artist painstakingly camouflages himself to blend in with the artwork he creates. His current performance piece was inspired by a picture in the Dubai museum of local people fishing in Old Dubai in the 1930s. Courtesy Sikka Art Fair -
Emirati artist Amnah Al Dabbagh has embedded a collection of poems by Arab poets in this installation that looks like the letters are being carried by the wind through a wind tower. Courtesy Sikka Art Fair -
The modest eatery that you find in every nook and cranny of Old Dubai has been reimagined by the art collective Satwa 3000 by remixing the sights and sounds of the real Dubai in this artwork. Courtesy Sikka Art Fair -
Dubai-based American visual artist Joshua Watts has his thought-proving series displayed at Sikka this year. The artist has designed his work to start a conversation on the idea of “home” in the UAE through collaborative portraiture and storytelling. Courtesy Sikka Art Fair
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