27 november 2025

ADAM ABDULLATIF
SPEED OF LIGHT

feltspace x watch this space
artist exchange program 2025

Statement

My work in feltspace plays with the space through the use of projection. On the north facing wall, the work titled 1312, looms over the gallery, exploring themes of surveillance and policing. The opposing wall, features a projection presenting a gamified satellite-esq view of the so called Pine Gap joint defence facility that occupies unceded Arrernte Land - this scene is from a video game that I have used my time in feltspace during this residency to begin development on. A playable demo of this game is available for visitors to play in the backgallery. The vibrant colours used to represent Arrernte country juxtapose the greys and blacks in both works that represent the machinery of surveillance and militarism that operate not only in NT, but SA, and this continent as a whole. so called Pine Gap gathers satellite information and data that is used by the US and its allies in drone strikes and bombing campaigns. So called Pine Gap has been an instrumental component of the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Workers at so called Pine Gap have participated in the Gaza genocide by collecting information that has been used by IDF to conduct drone strikes across the Gaza strip. The ethnic cleansing and dispossession that the colony inflicted upon Arrernte people in order to occupy the land of so called Pine Gap is being exported to the people of Gaza, and the global south broadly, through the use of the joint defense facility.

Artist Bio

Adam Abdullatif, raised in Naarm, Melbourne, with roots from Syria and Lebanon, Adam Abdullatif is an artist currently based out of Mparntwe, Alice springs. Adam has experience working in the field of graphic design, and has developed his skills in the digital sphere. He is currently exploring working with interactivity both in physical and digital spaces.