Curator: Fiona Cashell

Application Deadline: April 26, 2025

What does it mean to call a place home? How does the act of moving—leaving, arriving, migrating—shape a person? When we think of our relationship to place, there are many complex experiences to consider, and many questions to ask. Perhaps the thread that connects us all, is the desire to belong.

In both philosophical and Buddhist thought, impermanence speaks of the transient nature of all things—the inevitability of change, movement, and transformation. This concept can resonate deeply when we find ourselves navigating new territories; when caught between the familiar and the unknown, or when searching for stability in flux, or even searching for flux in fixed stability.

The inertia of not changing creates a tension between wanting to shift direction and being unable to make a move. Home offers safety and protection from the cold, unless home is the cold, then home becomes a prison.

The tension between longing to stay and the pull to explore – between holding onto what we know or embracing the unknown — unable to leave / unable to stay.

To seek to belong is to map the self. We position and negotiate our identities within landscapes, environments, and place. This experience is universal, transcending cultures, geographies, borders and histories. It compels us to ask: What is home? How does it manifest —as a place, a person, an object, a phrase, a poem, or even as a memory?

We invite submissions that explore these themes through:

Narrative inquiry  Documentative, explorative, or speculative approaches Interdisciplinary practice Conceptual, abstract, or experimental processes. We are particularly interested in works that engage with concepts relating to:

Belonging
Home (what is home, its meaning, its representation)
Place, landscape, and environment
Borders and liminal spaces
Mapping the self and identity in flux
Navigating the unknown or unfamiliar

Opening Reception, Friday, June 6, 5:00-8:00pm
Exhibition dates: June 5 – 27, 2024