Location: Sharma, Saudi Arabia

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The NEOM Experience Center, conceived and delivered by TalentS in collaboration with its partners, stands as a landmark project within the NEOM region. Spanning 1,500 square meters in Sharma, the Center offers an immersive and interactive environment that vividly portrays the vision, narrative, and transformative strategy of NEOM.

From the earliest stages of concept design and development through to fit-out, installation, and ongoing operations, TalentS has provided a complete turnkey solution. The result is an experience that harmoniously integrates innovative technology, architectural precision, and engaging storytelling, creating a space that both informs and inspires.

Through the NEOM Experience Center, TalentS reaffirms its commitment to delivering world-class environments that articulate complex visions with clarity, sophistication, and emotional resonance — setting a new benchmark for experiential design in the region.

TalentS was commissioned to provide all of the public programming for the Islamic Arts Biennale over the course of its 5 month duration.  

The Islamic Arts Biennale’s mission is to promote Islamic civilization from its earliest beginnings to the present day, with an emphasis on celebrating and enriching the cultural and artistic exchange between Saudi Arabia – as the custodian of the two Holy Mosques – and Muslim communities around the world. 

Our programming included 548 events which reached a total of 48,792 visitors. 

We are proud of the involvement of Saudi nationals at the Islamic Arts Biennale of 2023. 

325 talks, workshops, performances and activities we provided were led by Saudi’s. 

80% of the front-of-house teams, and artists were Saudi nationals, embodying the Biennale’s drive to celebrate Saudi culture.

Location: Al Ula, Saudi Arabia

In early 2020, TalentS was selected to conduct the activation and operations of Desert X Program by the Royal Commission of AlUla, Contracted through NESMA. 

TalentS mobilized for the project in one week and offered more than 20 facilitators who were trained by our team at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The team oversaw the site, accompanied visitors in their journeys through the artworks, and conducted specially curated art workshops for school student groups.

TalentS was selected again to activate and operate the Desert X Program 2022.  

Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists. Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and Indigenous communities.

In 2019, TalentS was selected to establish and run an operating management office for the Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium. Our scope of work included managing the curation services, operations, production, community engagement and communication throughout the 5 week event.

We also developed a complete community engagement program including 15 expert panel talks, 34 school visits, 30 artistic workshops and an internship program for Princess Noura University art students to assist the sculptors in their final artwork production.

TalentS continues to run the operating management office for the upcoming Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium 2024.

Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium 2023 brought 20 international sculptors together to produce a series of permanent public works. Over 1,700 visitors attended, and the final sculptures were relocated throughout the Kingdom’s capital to enrich the lives of its residents and visitors.

Ithra Film Production (IFP) is a program by King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (iThra). The program was designed to produce creative, impactful, and high quality films that align with the Center’s  vision to support Saudi filmmakers by producing local content and enriching the Saudi film industry with films by Saudi filmmakers. 

TalentS was commissioned to develop a training program to build capacity of Saudi Directors, supervised the pre-production, production, and post production phases for the film. TalentS also designed and operated the premiere screening event and supervised the distribution of the films. One of the full feature films was “Valley Road” that was written and directed by the Saudi Director Khalid Fahad.

TalentS also supervised a fund for the co-production of 10 Saudi films. Two short films were supported by the Ithra Film Production,” Old Phone Number”  by the Saudi director & writer Ali Saeed and the short film “Swing” by the Saudi director Raneem Al Mohandes.

The short film “Old Phone Number” was the opening ceremony film for the Saudi Film Festival 2022. 

The two short films participated the prestigious Cannes and Carthage Film Festivals.  

“Valley Road” feature film was selected to be the closing ceremony film for Red Sea International Film Festival 2022. 

“Valley Road” premiered across cinemas in the Kingdom during the summer of 2023. 

TalentS was commissioned to create and provide an intensive schools training program on how to design and build F1 cars. The program was aimed at intermediate and high school students.

Our educational and practical programming prepared the students and their cars to compete with other students locally, regionally and even globally. 

Five hubs in five cities across the Kingdom were equipped and prepared to accommodate the intensive student training program over a period of four months.  

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Client: MOC

Talents was consulted by the Ministry of Culture to develop ideas for 420 creative and cultural events over a period of 6 months, targeting 16 different cultural sectors across Saudi Arabia. This project consisted of 31 brilliant and creative team members.

In order to devise such a large number of creative and cultural events, TalentS brought in the finest subject matter experts in culture & heritage, innovation & technology, user experience journey, and research. Our experts worked and collaborated with project managers, graphic designers, illustrators, copy writers and translators to build a rich array of ideas that were both ambitious and achievable in such a compressed timeline. 

The subject matter experts were supported by our teams to generate daily ideas for MOC to revise and approve on a monthly basis. 

TalentS were fundamental in supporting the landmark excavation of the site of Doumat Al Jandal. This project marked the first time the Heritage Commission has engaged the private sector in the archaeological excavation of the Kingdom.

We aimed to support the archaeologists throughout their excavation, providing housing, food, tools, camps, and related logistical services, ensuring all equipment was onsite and the camp ready before excavations began. 

Overall, TalentS ensured the smooth running of the operations onsite from start to finish, providing a memorable working environment for the archaeologists and exceeding expectations.