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Petra Serhal
Petra Serhal is a multidisciplinary artist creating multisensorial work that revolves around the performative and experiential aspects in arts ranging from live performances, to sound installations, to choreography, to video and audio performances, to olfactive installation performances, and interactive art objects. Her work examines the body, language, and sound in relation to movement and space, addressing themes like performativity, memory, fragmentation, and embodiment. Recently, Serhal’s work focuses on olfactory art, exploring the power of scent and nature as a means of identity, rootedness, and spatial creation.
Exhibitions
Freedom Recalled is a landmark exhibition at Beit Beirut which confronts Lebanon’s unresolved history of impunity, the failures of justice and the unhealed wounds that continue to echo through its collective psyche. At its heart, Freedom Recalled asks: Do we bear a responsibility to remember — and if so, how? What silences do we choose to uphold, and what price must truth exact in return? And ultimately, how might the pursuit of justice become a catalyst for personal healing and national renewal? Explore