Episode Synopsis "Episode 2: With artists Nadim Karam, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim and Gisela Colon"

Neville Wakefield leads listeners into the canyon surrounded by petroglyphs that mark the site for Desert X AlUla. He and Raneem Farsi stop off at On Parade by Nadim Karam, and learn that his parade of 30 sculptures is about “the power of nature.” Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim mixes rocks from his hometown of Khor Fakkan, UAE, with those of AlUla to make his colorful Falling Stones Garden. Gisela Colon says her iridescent, 25 feet-high, carbon fiber totem is at once masculine and feminine, futuristic and primal. “I'm trying to make something that is softer and different from the traditional masculine land art,” she says.

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More episodes of the podcast Desert X AlUla Podcast

• Episode 8: Curators and artists reflect on the impact of Desert X AlUla
• Episode 7: Artist Manal AlDowayan sends a serious message, playfully
• Episode 6: Artist Sherin Guirguis makes a crown from an anklet
• Episode 5: Artists Superflex and El Seed send love and engagement to Saudi Arabia
• Episode 4: Artists Muhannad Shono and Zahra AlGhamdi draw lines in the sand
• Episode 3: Artist Lita Albuquerque brings NAJMA to the Arabian desert
• Episode 2: With artists Nadim Karam, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim and Gisela Colon
• Episode 1: Desert X AlUla co-curators introduce the exhibition