A Hundred Ways to Erect a Hoarding is an artist book by Malaysian architect Shamin Sharum about the temporary walls that screen Dubai's building sites—and what they say about a city always under construction.
About This Book
Looking at Dubai as an outsider, Sharum turns his attention to the site hoarding: the barrier that marks off a construction zone while the next project rises behind it. He treats these walls as both physical objects and psychological ones, surfaces onto which a city projects its hopes, its promises of progress and its anxieties. Written reflections sit alongside images that are partly photographed and partly AI-generated, blurring documentation and invention in a way that suits a landscape built on the image of what comes next. Edited by Amanda Ariawan.
Key Features
- An artist book combining essays with photography and AI-generated imagery
- A close reading of one of the most overlooked elements of the built environment
- An outsider's perspective on Dubai's relentless construction
- Edited by Amanda Ariawan
What You'll Discover
- How construction hoardings shape the experience and image of a city
- The hoarding as a screen for ideas of hope, progress and fear
- Ways of mixing documentation with visual experimentation
- A fresh angle on Dubai's urban development
About the Author
Shamin Sharum is a Malaysian architect. This book draws on his observations of Dubai's building sites, approached through both writing and image-making.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 200 × 270 mm
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789672585992
- Publisher: Suburbia Projects
Perfect For: architects, photographers and artists interested in construction, urban image-making and the Gulf city, and collectors of independent artist books.