Interplanetary
eXplorer
STEM is an enabling and driving force behind Futurism. Its marriage with art
helps us discover the future without leaving the present. By delving into the
particular, we discover the essence of the whole. No MENASA Futurisms
volume would be complete without a (literal) inward look at ourselves in
minute detail. Interplanetary eXplorer is a careful capture of the intimate
relationship between the microscopic and universal.
Waad AlBawardi’s cell micrographs of histological tissue provide the
substance for self-exploration and the portal into surreality. With subtle,
delicate movements, Mona Lisa Ali Alzghoul breathes life into the
micrographs - she defamiliarizes the cell tissue so we are able to access
multiple worlds on a single surface. Meryem Nuh’s words bind these
dimensions together and give them social meaning beyond the conceptual
and abstract. In this potent combination of minds and talents there is no
artistic crescendo or finality; there is only you. space within. space without.
and the future.
— Leena Habiballa, Editor