Lori Kharpoutlian is a dancer and architect based in Beirut. She questions the sociopolitical currents that sway her with a shapeshifting practice, consolidating different ways of researching and making from the architectural, visual arts, and performance worlds. She is an Ashkal Alwan HWP 2023 fellow, a Dancing on the Edge scholarship awardee, and has performed with companies and independently in Beirut, Cairo, and Berlin.