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Art Intervention in the Mleiha Desert
Location Mleiha Desert, Sharjah
Date December 2022
Useless Palace is a site-specific art intervention followed by a group exhibition that brought ten artists to an abandoned village in the Mleiha Desert, Sharjah. Each artist selected a site within the village and transformed it into a personal workspace. Exploring themes of nomadism, discovery, and connection to the past, the artists assumed the roles of desert wanderers, archaeologists, and modern storytellers. The result was a raw and spontaneous body of work — murals, installations, photographs, and canvases — all created on location. In the absence of a traditional audience, the artists became observers of their own dialogue with the site, echoing one of the key principles of street art: direct engagement with space. Lost in sand and time, the site emerged as a symbolic meeting point between the UAE’s historical memory and the imaginative force of its creative present.
Art Intervention in the Mleiha Desert
Date: December 2022
Location: Mleiha Desert, Sharjah
Useless Palace is a site-specific art intervention followed by a group exhibition that brought ten artists to an abandoned village in the Mleiha Desert, Sharjah. Each artist selected a site within the village and transformed it into a personal workspace. Exploring themes of nomadism, discovery, and connection to the past, the artists assumed the roles of desert wanderers, archaeologists, and modern storytellers. The result was a raw and spontaneous body of work — murals, installations, photographs, and canvases — all created on location. In the absence of a traditional audience, the artists became observers of their own dialogue with the site, echoing one of the key principles of street art: direct engagement with space. Lost in sand and time, the site emerged as a symbolic meeting point between the UAE’s historical memory and the imaginative force of its creative present.
Useless Palace Art Intervention December 2022
Useless Palace Art Intervention
December 2022
Date January 28 – March 30, 2023
Location Dubai, UAE
The project culminated in a pop-up exhibition in Dubai, which carried the atmosphere of the desert into the city. The self-curated exhibition featured canvases and sculptures created during the intervention, along with found objects and digital works produced with the assistance of AI technologies.
Useless Palace was realized by a team of ten like-minded international urban artists brought together by Inloco Gallery, including 10.203 CREW, Anton Selone, Filippo Minelli, Lokher, and Neda Salmanpour.
Group Exhibition in Dubai
Useless Palace Group Show
January 28 — March 30, 2023
Group Exhibition in Dubai
Date: January 28 – March 30, 2023
Location: Dubai, UAE
The project culminated in a pop-up exhibition in Dubai, which carried the atmosphere of the desert into the city. The self-curated exhibition featured canvases and sculptures created during the intervention, along with found objects and digital works produced with the assistance of AI technologies.
Useless Palace was realized by a team of ten like-minded international urban artists brought together by Inloco Gallery, including 10.203 CREW, Anton Selone, Filippo Minelli, Lokher, and Neda Salmanpour.
Useless Palace Group Show
January 28 — March 30, 2023
Press about project
Press about project
Gulf Today link=https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2024/02/08/inloco-storage-debuts-in-dubai-with-filippo-minellis-idealised-city; Inloco Storage debuts in Dubai with Filippo Minelli’s “Idealised City” link=https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2024/02/08/inloco-storage-debuts-in-dubai-with-filippo-minellis-idealised-city
UAE DIGITAL NEWS link=https://www.uaedigitalnews.com/en/2023/08/24/from-paint-to-pixels-a-conversation-with-filippo-minelli-on-navigating-the-digital-art-landscape/;From Paint to Pixels: A Conversation with Filippo Minelli on Navigating the Digital Art Landscape link=https://www.uaedigitalnews.com/en/2023/08/24/from-paint-to-pixels-a-conversation-with-filippo-minelli-on-navigating-the-digital-art-landscape/
Gulf News link=https://gulfnews.com/kurator/life/public-art-beyond-the-streets-algerian-artist-lokher-explores-the-virtual-space-in-uae-1.1690957261394;Public art beyond the streets: Algerian Artist Lokher explores the virtual space in UAE link=https://gulfnews.com/kurator/life/public-art-beyond-the-streets-algerian-artist-lokher-explores-the-virtual-space-in-uae-1.1690957261394
The National link=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2023/04/05/street-art-show-moves-from-sharjahs-abandoned-mleiha-village-to-metaverse/;Street art show moves from Sharjah's abandoned Mleiha village to metaverse link=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2023/04/05/street-art-show-moves-from-sharjahs-abandoned-mleiha-village-to-metaverse/
Magzoid Magazine link=https://magzoid.com/neda-salmanpour-creative-journey-metaverse/;Neda Salmanpour: Exploring Art, Architecture, and the Metaverse link=https://magzoid.com/neda-salmanpour-creative-journey-metaverse/
Gulf Today link=https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2024/02/08/inloco-storage-debuts-in-dubai-with-filippo-minellis-idealised-city; Inloco Storage debuts in Dubai with Filippo Minelli’s “Idealised City” link=https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2024/02/08/inloco-storage-debuts-in-dubai-with-filippo-minellis-idealised-city
UAE DIGITAL NEWS link=https://www.uaedigitalnews.com/en/2023/08/24/from-paint-to-pixels-a-conversation-with-filippo-minelli-on-navigating-the-digital-art-landscape/;From Paint to Pixels: A Conversation with Filippo Minelli on Navigating the Digital Art Landscape link=https://www.uaedigitalnews.com/en/2023/08/24/from-paint-to-pixels-a-conversation-with-filippo-minelli-on-navigating-the-digital-art-landscape/
Gulf News link=https://gulfnews.com/kurator/life/public-art-beyond-the-streets-algerian-artist-lokher-explores-the-virtual-space-in-uae-1.1690957261394;Public art beyond the streets: Algerian Artist Lokher explores the virtual space in UAE link=https://gulfnews.com/kurator/life/public-art-beyond-the-streets-algerian-artist-lokher-explores-the-virtual-space-in-uae-1.1690957261394
The National link=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2023/04/05/street-art-show-moves-from-sharjahs-abandoned-mleiha-village-to-metaverse/;Street art show moves from Sharjah's abandoned Mleiha village to metaverse link=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2023/04/05/street-art-show-moves-from-sharjahs-abandoned-mleiha-village-to-metaverse/
Magzoid Magazine link=https://magzoid.com/neda-salmanpour-creative-journey-metaverse/;Neda Salmanpour: Exploring Art, Architecture, and the Metaverse link=https://magzoid.com/neda-salmanpour-creative-journey-metaverse/