Client: Royal Commission for AlUla
Location: AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Completion date: 2022
Project Team
Project Manager
Jeremy Crandell
UAP
Project Manager
Chelsea Guerdat
UAP
Artist
Jim Denevan
Overview
Jim Denevan’s site-specific rings of gathered sand were formed as part of Desert X AlUla, 2022. The installation consisted of hundreds of concentrically and evenly-spaced
Goals
Free and open to all, Desert X AlUla is a recurring, site-responsive, international art exhibition taking place in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. 2022’s exhibition, under the curatorial vision of Reem Fadda, Raneem Farsi and Neville Wakefield, featured newly commissioned works by 15 artists bringing a plurality of voices from around the world.
Process
UAP was engaged by the Royal Commission for AlUla to deliver the fifteen works to the remote canyon site. As project manager, I worked with the artist's team to arrange the logistics and labor required to develop and realize his most ambitious landwork yet.