From the ever-changing urban landscape of Dubai, where construction sites continually reshape the cityscape, "A Hundred Ways to Erect a Hoarding" emerges as an exploration of boundaries, both physical and psychological. This book blends documentation and visual experimentation of the author's daily observations of construction sites and their hoardings, all through the lens of an outsider.

The book, primarily authored by Shamin Sharum with contributing writers, and edited by Amanda Ariawan, is a reflection on the site hoardings — temporary barriers that delineate construction zones. These hoardings are not just physical structures but symbols that evoke a range of emotions and meanings. Through a combination of written essays and evocative imagery, partly photographed and partly AI-generated, it assembles and reassembles the concept of the hoarding, exploring how it frames our perceptions of hope, progress, and fear.

Featuring foreword by Huat Lim, writings by Clara Peh and Danishwara Nathaniel and an interview with Jowin Foo.

Book by Shamin Sharum

Designed by Shamin Sharum

Published by Suburbia Projects

Editor: Amanda Ariawan

ISBN: 978-967-25859-9-2

192 pages, 200 X 270mm, paperback, 2024