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Other Maps & Guides
Set of 4 A6 zines
Commissioned by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi
for the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial 2024–2025
Sophia Balagamwala merges real and imagined events relating to nationhood, history, and mapping, drawing on archives, stories, myths, and the behaviours of flora and fauna. In Abu Dhabi, known for its rapid transformation and cultural diversity, Other Maps and Guides (2024) presents four publications with images of charcoal drawings, linocut prints, and digital illustrations reflecting on the migration of people, plants, birds, and fish that shape our lives. Grounded in ideas of home, these works interweave memories with shifting landscapes, mapping how we live, eat, and play in a city where tradition and change coexist.
Photos by Public Art Abu Dhabi