This project explores the economic connections driving Qatar's rapid growth as it prepared for the FIFA World Cup 2022.
At -162°C, natural gas becomes liquid, reducing in volume by over 600, the key innovation that makes it an economically viable trade commodity. LNG is Qatar’s main export, with Japan being its largest customer.
Bilateral relations between the two countries began in 1972, and the first LNG shipment reached Japanese shores on January 10, 1997. In 2011, Japan’s demand for LNG increased significantly due to the Fukushima disaster and the consequent shutdown of most nuclear plants in the country. The need for energy impelled Qatar to step forward and offer Japan large quantities of LNG at competitive prices, a trade that continued into 2019.
The project was conceived as two exhibitions in each nation's capital city, Tokyo and Doha. The exhibitions comprised 40 inkjet printers suspended from the ceiling, outputting procedurally generated visual content scraped from the web. The array was controlled by custom software that choreographed the printing of text and images to produce diverse graphic compositions.
The book, published by us, is a collection of 162 of the visual outcomes of the exhibition. Chance layering, algorithmic combinations, and glitchy printers produce compelling results.
Collaborators: Levi Hammet, Giovanni Innella, Simone Muscolino, Michael Hersrud, Maryam Al Homaid, Nathan Davis, Hind Al-Saad, Sarah Elawad, & Reham Mohammed.
Special thanks to George Paul, Polie Campiteli, and Christopher Buchakjian.
Publication Design by Sara Al-Afifi, Nathan Ross Davis, and Sarah Elawad.
21.00 x 29.70 (CM)
176pages
100 GSM, Cocoon Recycled-Offset
Open perfect binding
Printed in Qatar
2020
Available in the Diriyah Biennale Design Store
This project explores the economic connections driving Qatar's rapid growth as it prepared for the FIFA World Cup 2022.
At -162°C, natural gas becomes liquid, reducing in volume by over 600, the key innovation that makes it an economically viable trade commodity. LNG is Qatar’s main export, with Japan being its largest customer.
Bilateral relations between the two countries began in 1972, and the first LNG shipment reached Japanese shores on January 10, 1997. In 2011, Japan’s demand for LNG increased significantly due to the Fukushima disaster and the consequent shutdown of most nuclear plants in the country. The need for energy impelled Qatar to step forward and offer Japan large quantities of LNG at competitive prices, a trade that continued into 2019.
The project was conceived as two exhibitions in each nation's capital city, Tokyo and Doha. The exhibitions comprised 40 inkjet printers suspended from the ceiling, outputting procedurally generated visual content scraped from the web. The array was controlled by custom software that choreographed the printing of text and images to produce diverse graphic compositions.
The book, published by us, is a collection of 162 of the visual outcomes of the exhibition. Chance layering, algorithmic combinations, and glitchy printers produce compelling results.
Collaborators: Levi Hammet, Giovanni Innella, Simone Muscolino, Michael Hersrud, Maryam Al Homaid, Nathan Davis, Hind Al-Saad, Sarah Elawad, & Reham Mohammed.
Special thanks to George Paul, Polie Campiteli, and Christopher Buchakjian.
Publication Design by Sara Al-Afifi, Nathan Ross Davis, and Sarah Elawad.
21.00 x 29.70 (CM)
176pages
100 GSM, Cocoon Recycled-Offset
Open perfect binding
Printed in Qatar
2020
Available in the Diriyah Biennale Design Store