The exhibition reflects on the lived realities of communities pushed to the eastern edges of cities through displacement and gentrification. Often labeled as marginal or neglected, these neighborhoods reveal something else when lived in and moved through: resilient ecosystems of culture, food, family-run businesses, and tightly woven community life.
Drawing from his own experiences of the “East,” Samayoa will present a group of works that vary in structure, material, and form, mirroring the diversity and complexity of these places. Together, the works consider survival, adaptation, and the beauty that persists outside the center.
