“I think that the particularity of the residency at philomena+ is in the diversity of the choice of the artists’ profiles with various multidisciplinary practices; from conceptual art to painting, and which poses a specific look on the current world. There is also the will to connect artists who have the same artistic concerns (I speak in this case of Thaer Maarouf and myself) and who come from the same culture, which generates a mutual look on our practices as well as bonds of friendship that link us despite the distance.”