Starting as a quest for freedom from social and political constraints, migration often ends as a story of disempowerment. Forced to secure belonging in foreign lands, migrants often find themselves trapped in a cycle of compliance and acceptance-seeking, perpetuating ancestral traumas that gradually weaken our intrinsic power to restore cultural balance to the world.

The purpose of this exhibition was to unite and celebrate the emancipating work of creative migrants who were carving out a definitive artistic path amidst uncertainty, isolation and dominant societal expectations around success. But detachment from old hierarchical structures requires rebuilding a sense of inner safety and balance, in hand with belonging to an open and supportive community — the very thing migrants lack. 

By posing the question What if we helped each other to be free? and guided by our ethos of freedom, balance and coexistence, we opened ourselves to the potential of art, multicultural exchange, and mutual encouragement, as tools for collective  liberation, creative abundance and joy.