This guest lecture by Nadim Karam was presented on Tuesday, 23 March 2021, in the context of the urban design studio titled ‘Beirut-In-Flux, Trauma and Urban Form: Speculative Visions For Uncertain Futures’. The studio was organized by Professor Robert Saliba (AUB) and conducted jointly online between the American University of Beirut, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), and Tsinghua University (China). It revolved around the proposals of local and international students on reconstructing Beirut’s impacted area by the port blast.

Nadim Karam creates narratives engaging with cities and landscapes through large-scale sculptures. Based on his conviction that cities should dream, Karam’s art practice in the public sphere responds to contemporary challenges, social realities and eternal quests of identity. His site-specific projects engage in re-examining contextual issues and enhancing perceptions of diversity within society, taking a playful and often absurdist approach even when addressing the most critical issues.

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