Lucienne Bestall, Ivana Ivkovic, and Pierre Dalpe

Lucienne Bestall's preoccupation with mundane, everyday objects and archival processes guided her project at BAR

A series of conversations with contemporary Lebanese artists and the creation of an obscure index of objects

Exchanging an object with each artist she encountered, but with no full record of their individual conversations, the objects become mnemonic devices for these encounters.

Ivana Ivkovic’s project, 'Like there is no tomorrow' expressed her personal reaction to the layers of historical and social changes Beirut has experienced

"Channeling all my personal feelings I detect an atmosphere of carelessness within the city, however I never gave myself the right to say anything more substantial to analyze it. "

She translated her experience through a site-specific installation combining local carpets with old neon city signs.

Pierre Dalpe's work explores the interconnected relationships between the body, identity, disguise and performance.

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Oscar Wilde

The photographic series 'Personae', questions the notion of fixed identity and explores the idea that we, as individuals, potentially embody a multitude of personae.

This series involved a collaborative process where the subjects are allowed to exercise their alter egos by performing an invented scenario or narrative within the proscenium arch of a camera frame.

The intention is to play with the aesthetics and traditions of documentary photography to coax viewers into believing false truths, leaving them to question everything contained within the frame.