Qatar Witnesses Largest Daytime Fireworks Show

December 05, 2011 via Al Jazeera English

An art display that is being billed as the biggest ever daytime fireworks show has taken place in Doha, the Qatari capital. The event is the latest in a series by Chinese artist Sai Guo-Chiang, the artist who creaked a work for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The artist, who is based in New York, has spent nearly two months in Qatar creating a series of works, which use explosives normally used by the military as anti-missile decoys.

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Qatar (/ˈkɑːtɑr/ or /kəˈtɑr/; Arabic: قطر‎ [ˈqɑtˤɑr]; local vernacular pronunciation: [ɡɪtˤɑr]), also known as the country or State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly... Explore this topic

Fireworks

Fireworks are a class of explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display. A fireworks event (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics) is a display of the effects produced by f... Explore this topic

Doha

Doha (Arabic: الدوحة‎, ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dōḥa, literally: "the big tree") is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar. Doha is Qatar's largest city, with over 60% of... Explore this topic

Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang (simplified Chinese: 蔡国强; traditional Chinese: 蔡國強; pinyin: Cài Gúoqiáng; born December 8, 1957 in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province) is a Chinese contemporary artist and curator. He currently lives and works in New York City. Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quan... Explore this topic

Chinese art

Chinese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. This early period was followed by... Explore this topic

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and North Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East. The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner. The history of the Middle East dates back... Explore this topic

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English (AJE) is an international 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the sister channel of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera. The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, c... Explore this topic

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