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Locacola — bottles, street sounds and a different kind of pop art

Sharmila Samant turns a familiar soft-drink bottle into a way of looking at global brands and local culture. Explore an installation combining collected bottles, a street-vendor cart, projected images and a 35-minute soundscape of Indian everyday life.

Representative photograph of branded bottles; not Sharmila Samant’s artwork, the exhibition or a giveaway.

Al Quoz, Dubai · 1x1 Art Gallery, Warehouse 10, Alserkal Avenue, 17th Street, Al Quoz 1, Dubai

Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.

When to go

31 October–30 December 2026. Saturday–Thursday, 10am–7pm; closed Friday.

Who can go

No age limit published; check suitability with the gallery · Free exhibition · no registration

What’s free & what to know

  • Free exhibition viewing; no registration required.
  • No drinks or products are promised as giveaways. Artwork purchases and other priced activities are excluded.
  • Map pin represents Alserkal Avenue; follow signs to Warehouse 10.
Sources & photo credit

Last successfully checked 29 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.

Original Alserkal event page inspected 29 October: explicit free/no registration, 31 October–30 December 2026, WH10, Sharmila Samant and 1x1 Art Gallery. Describes a collected-bottle installation, vendor cart, projections and a 35-minute soundscape. Current operator venue directory says 10am–7pm daily except Friday. Tourism structured map data independently supplies the approximate district coordinates. Distinct new exhibition, not a reactivation of the expired A World Within Worlds listing at the same gallery.

Alserkal Avenue — Locacola exhibition

1x1 Art Gallery — current opening hours and unit

Photo: Katja Ullrich (WMDE) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; source composition retained. Adaptations remain under the stated Creative Commons licence.