Within Others

Edge on the Square presents Within Others, an exhibition that interprets the pull, force, and momentum of collective healing. What may be gained, elucidated, or strengthened when considering healing, care and wellness via the potency of a communal body?

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Through a variety of mediums, including sculpture, works on paper, multimedia interactive sound and digital installations and performance, artists Bahar Behbahani, Indira Allegra, Lisa Solomon × Christine Buckton Tillman, and Macro Waves examine the complex interplay between personal and collective healing, embodied experiences, and the reverberating forces of communal transformation.

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Located at the core of collective healing is the body. Due to its capacity to function as a vessel for memory, the human body is able to carry experiences of trauma, pain, and grief by way of embodied remembering, which may be passed down intergenerationally and felt collectively. Artworks in the exhibition explore the impact of social forces on the body - such as connection, bonds and communal relationships - as pathways to exorcise and heal from intergenerational trauma. In Within Others the works prompt us to question how our connections to one another, and collectively, may be an effective antidote to counteract the relentless disconnections and fractures in our society. Like the pull of gravity, the artworks draw us towards each other, engendering interaction, empathy, and compassion - ultimately creating moments for healing in relationship to and within others.

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Curated by Candace Huey