Commissioned by AlSerkal, Super Fence reimagines Under Construction (2015–16), a photographic project documenting the rapidly shifting edges of urban expansion in the UAE. Shifting focus from architectural permanence to the ephemeral, the work spotlights construction hoardings: often colourful, branded barriers that delineate development sites. These temporary structures, whether used for advertisement or marked by the playful imprint of construction firms, are sites of unintentional expression. Devoid of fixed design codes, they are free to be yellow, pink—or both—offering a brief moment of aesthetic freedom before the built environment asserts itself. Photographed from a single vantage point and originally conceived as a typology, individual fence panels have here been deconstructed and recomposed to form a single ‘Super Fence’.

In this iteration, they act as a visual archive and speculative structure—one that reflects the eclectic energy of Alserkal Avenue and gestures toward its evolving future. While inherently temporary, these structures carry traces of a city in constant transition. Through this reassembly, the work shifts from documentation to interpretation—where fragments of construction become part of a broader visual language. In doing so, Super Fence extends an ongoing inquiry into how overlooked elements of the built environment can reveal underlying patterns, offering an alternative reading of the city through its most transient surfaces.