The Archaic Procession emerged in Karam’s work in the 1990’s on paper and in paintings as a visual language celebrating diversity in response to conflict rooted in cultural, religious or ethnic difference. Their processional configuration is solemn, with echoes of a performed ritual and paintings from ancient cultures. On paper and canvas, the shadows or roots of the Archaic Procession elements go deep underground to reach the places where the city’s stories of the past and memories can be found.