Author: pamela (test 1 test 1)

Artists are the ones who have the energy that can contribute to change, to revolutionize the present, and to call for action for a better future.

When it is genuine and free, art can highlight the hidden or unnoticed events, and can speak the truth away from all the barriers.

Beirut is my city. Its pain - my pain. I felt the aftermath of the explosion in every bone of my body and I wanted to show this. I want to make sure we will remember. I consider we have a duty to remember what happened and to never forget.

In a world of social, economic, environmental, or political instability, I believe that art can be an anchor for our human consciousness.

“Ode to Beirut” is a visceral reaction to the Beirut blast that took place on August 4, 2020. It queries the notion of collapsing space and time into one image.

If the blast did anything, it made me more determined than ever to celebrate this glorious city, to tell its story to the world, to immortalize it in any way I knew how. And my art was one of those ways.

Following the Beirut port explosions, I focused on peace and security as the main themes of my artworks. Art can be used as an entry point for peace building.

The Beirut port explosions pushed me to improve my art, and made me realize that art can outlive a human being. My studio was completely destroyed but my artworks are still alive, especially through the interaction of my new work between silhouettes and the outside, like as if through my sculpture I can define a new world.

For me art is defined as freedom, that's how I am able to express my inner thoughts, it's about making people "feel free".