Naomi Moser, Amor Herrera and Mary Ann Peters

Meet our artists-in-residence

exterior view of la vitrine installationBeirut Art Residency

During her residency Naomi Moser drew inspirations from her meetings with a Lebanese female taxi driver, who drove for Uber at the time.

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These interviews inspired a poem/ballad which the artist recited in a performative video.

Taxi video installationBeirut Art Residency

The poem plays over an experimental video which uses props and performance to blend this woman's strength with society's preferences.

Taxi installation la vitrineBeirut Art Residency

Those preferences being that she stay safely at home, rather than working in a predominantly male field.

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Amor Herrera is a Colombian Artist whose work revolves around understanding the impossible through removing the concept of time and space.

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Her project at BAR began with the creation of her own time machine which she used to transform her state of mind.

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Embody UnboundedBeirut Art Residency

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This ultimately enabled her to conceive her project “Embody Unbounded”.

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Mary Ann Peters is an American artist noted for her studio work, installations, public art projects and arts activism.

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Piece from Impossible MonumentsBeirut Art Residency

At BAR she explored ideas for her installation series titled "impossible monuments" which included drawings, notes, maquettes and paintings.

Mary Ann PetersBeirut Art Residency

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