Layan Srour is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and curator exploring sound, media, and visual art, with a practice focused on memory, movement, displacement, and belonging; all deeply shaped by her upbringing in Beirut, Lebanon.

Her curatorial and residency work centers on site-specific and community-driven performance through Jalasat / جلسات in partnership with the Arab American National Museum and Artists At Work. Her work, contributions, and curations have been presented with organizations and festivals such as the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film Festival, Arab America Foundation, Detroit Jazz Festval, New Music Detroit, Blue Moon Radio, Radio alHara, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Wayne State University, and more.

She is one half of Taqsim, an Arabic electronic and experimental duo with Yvonne Pruneau, rooted in improvisation and personal soundscapes recorded in Lebanon. Drawing on these textures and a shared search for the feeling of home, Taqsim blends synthesizers, sampled drums, and layered soundscapes to connect Detroit with Beirut’s resilient energy.

Photo by Brandon Fecteau