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WIND OF CHANGE

DRIFT

Abu Dhabi

Wind of Change is DRIFT's aerial performance for Manar Abu Dhabi 2025: two thousand drones tracing wind patterns and ocean currents above the mangroves of Jubail Island, shaping a sand dune that evolves through the flight before the swarm gathers into a falcon, the symbol of Abu Dhabi, and dissolves into a vortex from which seeds drift down and grow into the city.

FISHKO Inc. was contracted to produce the performance for the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, managing the drone operator, flight planning and site layout, the launch field on the island, the commissioned score, and operations from the November 15, 2025 premiere through January 4, 2026.

The sphere and the wave over the water
Over Whispers
The seeds rising over the field
The launch field before a flight
Wind currents over Jubail Island
The dune forming
The drop
Column and ring
The sphere over the water
The column rising from the ring over the water
Two boys on the dune under the sphere and the wave
The drop over the wave, the shore below
The launch field lit green
The column over the ring, Whispers below
The sphere on its column over the crowd
The gold dune wave over the palms
The sphere on a phone screen
Spectators watch the sphere over the dune wave
The wind streaks, close
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