In Invocation, Syrian–French artist George Baylouni transforms memory into atmosphere. The work resonates with the voices of muezzins and the peal of church bells, sounds that once intertwined across his childhood neighborhoods. Their echoes mingle with the earth’s scent after the first rain, evoking a landscape steeped in both faith and renewal.

For Baylouni, these are not mere recollections of place, but invocations of presence — the sensory language through which memory endures. “The cracks in the walls carried the weight of time,” he reflects. “They told stories before I knew how to.” Through this poetic synthesis of sound, scent, and texture, Invocation becomes an homage to the unseen forces that shape belonging and identity.