Matter Diplopia
June 5-29, 2025
Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
Matter Diplopia is VCUQatar’s first exhibition with the London Design Biennale. It is a collaborative effort of faculty, students, and alumni, representing diverse perspectives and disciplines. It features an array of experimental and exploratory projects that integrate traditional modes of making with emergent technology. Framed by the duality of the built environment and heritage, the installations are rooted in cultural legacy and material innovation.
Central to Matter Diplopia are the themes of fluidity, transference, and material agency. The works embody the continuous exchange between local and global influences. They demonstrate how materials can go beyond their origins and offer unique or alternative perspectives that address issues that are at once complex and universal.
Matter Diplopia invites you to view the work through multiple lenses – material innovation, culture, built environment, history, technology and the environment. By doing so, it accommodates diverse interpretations and spurs important conversations.
The visitor is invited to explore and interact with the exhibition’s nine works and then go deeper into the artists’ perspectives and processes through the embedded experiential Research Hub where film, images, words and sound tell the rest of the story.
https://londondesignbiennale.com/pavilions/2025/vcuarts-qatar