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Tarek Atoui

TAREK ATOUI

Waters’ Witness Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art 17 December 2025–18 May 2026 Doha
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Waters’ Witness is a sound-based installation by artist and composer Tarek Atoui, presented in the Arab region for the first time. The exhibition explores how water shapes urban life through recordings from international port cities—including Athens, Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Istanbul, Porto, Singapore, and Sydney—captured underwater and along coastal infrastructures.

Through sculptural elements made of marble, metal, ceramics, and stone, Atoui transforms sound into a spatial experience, inviting visitors to listen to the social, historical, and ecological realities of harbours. Mathaf’s presentation introduces a new chapter of the project that will focus on Qatar’s coastline and communities, reflecting the museum’s evolving engagement with contemporary sound practices.

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Combining historical research and collaborative practice, sound artist and composer Tarek Atoui reconceptualises musical instruments and performance to expand our understanding and experience of sound.

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Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art is a leading contemporary art museum in Doha, Qatar, located in Education City, housing the world’s largest collection of modern and contemporary Arab art

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Education City Student Center, Doha, Qatar
Doha
Qatar
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Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday,
9am – 7pm
Thursday, 9am – 9pm
Friday, 1:30pm – 7pm

Closed Monday
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Doha Education City Student Center, Doha, Qatar
Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art contemporary art institution in Doha Qatar
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Education City Student Center, Doha, Qatar, Doha, Qatar
+974 4402 8855
https://mathaf.org.qa/en/

Opening hours
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday,
9am – 7pm
Thursday, 9am – 9pm
Friday, 1:30pm – 7pm

Closed Monday
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