Waiting for the Train Exhibition at Mar Mikhael Train Station

Achillea is bringing together a group of painters, graffiti artists, designers and illustrators to the old Mar Mickael train station. What was once a lively railway terminal – a beautiful hub on the corner of the east side of Beirut – is now but a deserted residual of a station, where the train has stopped 37 years ago.

‘Waiting for the Train’ is a voyage into the depth of common consciousness; a depiction of the aspirations of a person waiting for the train, an exploration of what were once daily impressions of an average Lebanese commuter. A train of thought telling the story of those who stopped waiting, those who left, those who stayed and never lost hope.