Hilda Ekeroth, Abdelkader Benchamma, and Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos

Hilda Ekeroth is a visual artist whose recent research is focused on two distinct areas: the cultural history and apparatus of perception—in particular, stories of the present.

Now is the time to say nothing is a series of drawings and paintings and a booklet (online text here), produced during Hilda's residency at BAR.

"Walking the city, reading literature from Lebanon and the diaspora, following local news and getting to know the local art scene;

this project is my first attempt in Lebanon, of mapping through painting and drawing, in my ongoing research project on perceptions of the present and the past".

Abdelkader Benchamma uses various techniques and media to explore the constructed aspect of reality,

inspired by cosmology, science fiction, existentialist theatre and literature.

Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist.

Her work investigates the definition and construction of identities, personal memories, culture and collective histories in the post-Internet age.