‘Silence has become both more dangerous and more complicit’: An interview with Lebanese-British artist, Amale Khlat

Lebanese-British artist Amale Freiha Khlat creates contemplative, multilayered installations that engage with war, displacement, and memory without reproducing graphic images of suffering. Trained at institutions in Paris and London, she employs diverse media including sculpture, print, video, and theatrical staging to construct spaces where viewers must grapple with ethical complexities rather than consume easily digestible emotional responses. Her approach relies on concealment, reflection, and material presence—using elements like screens, mirrors, empty chairs, and sealed archival boxes—to make audiences aware of their own complicity as spectators.