These early works echo Karam’s research interests and artistic approach that
would ultimately form the backbone of his creative output. They revolve around several axes, namely the continuous need to find creative responses to harsh realities, the everlasting configurations of identity and the complex relation of the self to the other.

Amplified by the artist’s response to geohistorical contexts- his Middle Eastern identity and Japanese influences, his exile and his travels- his work tends to create multiverses that co-exist.
‘’I had been immersed in the philosophy and aesthetics of Japanese architecture while never being able to forget the worsening sectarian violence in Lebanon, in the other extreme of Asia.’’