INLOCO TALKS is a one-day symposium dedicated to street art and its cultural potential. During the 2025 sessions, participants explored the intersections between the urban environment and art across various dimensions, discussing how artistic practices outside of institutions interact with the urban context and transform public space.

Key areas of discussion included: the role of artists, curators, and institutions in shaping public space; institutional frameworks that either facilitate or, conversely, restrict initiatives in the field of public art; the emergence of temporary artistic interventions in the formats of festivals and biennials; and how collaborations between artists and urbanists influence urban aesthetics, community engagement, and the sociocultural narratives of contemporary cities.

The program was complemented by Inloco MetaTalks 2025, organized in the metaverse. The main focus of the parallel program was hybrid formats in which the physical and digital coexist in the public sphere: from immersive technologies in public art to the creation and use of digital replicas of cultural heritage sites.

The symposium took place in Dubai at the Al Safa Library of Art and Design. Four sessions featured academics, artists, curators, urbanists, and cultural strategists from the Emirates and the MENA region.