Ieva Sudargaite Douaihi presents new work in response to a time of mass displacement in Lebanon, continuing the twinning and solidarity between OUTPOST in Norwich and Takeover Beirut.

The photographic prints featured in this exhibition will be available for purchase, with all proceeds donated to Buzuruna Juzuruna.

Located in the Bekaa Valley, Buzuruna Juzuruna operates a vital heirloom seed library and educational farm. Their work mirrors the themes of this exhibition: a commitment to the native landscape and a refusal to let the roots of Lebanese ecology be swept away. They have been chosen not only for their immediate impact but for their long-term mission to secure a sustainable, local future for the region’s agriculture.

Counterpoints first worked with OUTPOST last October to present work by Maria Proshkowska as part of Platforma 2025, and we are delighted to be able to collaborate again to bring this important new exhibition to the UK.

Ieva Saudargaite Douaihi is a transdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of photography, architecture, and material research. Rooted in an ongoing exploration of vernacular landscapes, memory, and overlooked ecologies, her practice spans image- making, spatial interventions, and hybrid objects composed of found objects, natural matter and household materials. Drawing on her background in architecture and a deep sensitivity to ecological and social entanglements, she engages with overlooked spaces and slow processes of growth, decay, and adaptation.

Through layered relationships between nature, memory, and the built environment, Douaihi explores how spaces carry histories, absences, and the potential for renewal. Her work gives form to questions of permanence, access, and belonging—unfolding as quiet gestures that trace the ways in which people and places shape, resist, or intertwine with one another.