Layan Srour is a Detroit-based 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.

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. Their work has been featured at New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music Festival, Laylit, Third Place [MusicFest], Radio alHara, and beyond.

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. She has collaborated and curated with the Arab American National Museum’s Arab American Film Festival, the Arab America Foundation, Laylit, Radio alHara, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Detroit Jazz Festival. She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Wayne State University.

Photo by Brandon Fecteau