Aspirations are built of knowledge and compassion – we cannot dream about things that we’ve never heard of – but each push to humanize communication, has been answered by a pushback from the market – to keep us mired in the illusion of buyable happiness, instead of allowing the freedom we loudly proclaim. The individual has never been so flattered and debased – nor has the function of the artist – the clarion-call to transcendence – ever been more necessary.

Curated by Kamelia Pezeshki