In Sydney, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige probe Lebanese exile

Imagination has always been central to the work of Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. But for them, imagining is not just creating an “elsewhere.” It is a method. It means stepping outside the usual flow of time to look at its gaps, silences, and hidden stories, and to explore other possible ways of telling them. For over two decades, the Lebanese duo have been questioning how stories are constructed, transmitted, or disappear. The imagination thus acts as a critical instrument, capable of suspending the chronology of reality to better observe the stories that compose it.