VIE SUR VIE, Nadim Karam’s exhibition, opened at ESA Business School’s Henry et Nadège Obegi Gardens on May 10th, 2024. It invited the public to reflect on the inter-connection between two sculpture series: To Be or Not to Be and Urban Bouquets in which the artist explores existentialism through his distinctive brand of humanism intertwined with absurdity.

Drawing from his experience of life in a region where the spectre of war is ever-present, Karam explores existentialism through his distinctive brand of humanism infused with absurdity. The materiality and compositions of the To Be or Not to Be works hint at the fact that amidst the existential struggle lies an opportunity to derive meaning from the very forces that unsettle us, and the Bouquets provide a much-needed respite from the weight of realities.

Karam’s production traverses multiple media, temporalities, and spaces, defying understanding within a singular temporality or space. It encompasses instead a multitude of inner geographies and life experiences, i.e.: life and survival- VIE/SURVIE.