A Hundred Ways to Erect A Hoarding

From the ever-changing urban landscape of Dubai, where the cityscape is continually reshaped, this book emerges as an exploration of boundaries, both physical and psychological. Through the lens of an outsider, it blends the documentation and visual experimentation of Shamin Sharum’s daily observations of building sites and their hoardings – temporary barriers that delineate construction zones. Through a combination of written contributions and evocative imagery, partly photographed and partly AI-generated, the project assembles and reassembles the concept of the hoarding, exploring how it frames our modern perceptions of hope, progress, and fear.