El Mays explores the past through mechanisms of consciousness – what makes us move, feel and act, and foresees the future while it unfolds simultaneously with the past and present. Perpetuate invites the viewer to surrender to a predictive escapade that overlaps the realities with speculation and experience a journey that is not linear, sounds that are not appeasing, and smells that are uncommon. 18 photographs are accompanied by musical noise and a scent created in collaboration with Serge Yared and Lelya Halabi respectively for the show.

Walid El Mays: Perpetuate is the sixth of 10 exhibitions as part of CATAPULT.visual'arts, a partnership between British Council Lebanon and Artlab Gallery. The exhibition runs through June 30th, 2022. Attached is a press release that offers an outlook on the CATAPULT programme, and a synopsis of the exhibition.