20th June, 2026 - 3rd August, 2026
Contemporary life unfolds through a complex network of protocols—systems, structures, and habits that shape how we move through the world. Some are formal, embedded within architecture, infrastructure, institutions, and governance; others emerge through routine, social behaviour, and collective memory. Together, they organize everyday experience, often so seamlessly that their presence goes unnoticed.
The artists in Protocols of Living examine how these visible and invisible f rameworks influence contemporary existence. Through diverse material and conceptual approaches, their works explore interiors, urban environments, public l anguage, environmental conditions, and personal narratives. Rather than representing systems directly, they focus on their consequences: spaces marked by absence, fragmented forms of communication, traces of displacement, and l andscapes transformed by human intervention.
Across contemporary cities, the contradictions of these protocols become i ncreasingly apparent. Roads expand while commutes lengthen; communication technologies proliferate while understanding remains uncertain; residential developments promise community yet often produce isolation. The systems designed to create order and connection frequently generate new forms of distance. In this sense, alienation is not presented as an exceptional condition but as a defining feature of contemporary life.
The exhibition approaches the everyday as a site where broader social, environmental, and political realities become tangible. Rooms carry emotional residues, cities absorb the consequences of development, language reflects structures of power, and personal experiences intersect with collective histories. Through these observations, the artists reveal how perception, memory, and belonging are continuously shaped by forces that often remain unseen
Protocols of Living invites viewers to reflect on the frameworks that quietly govern daily life. By drawing attention to the systems that organize how we inhabit spaces, relate to one another, and understand our surroundings, the exhibition considers t he subtle ways contemporary existence is structured, negotiated, and experienced. I n doing so, it opens a space to question the conditions that define what it means to live together in the present
