The Weight of Stillness brings together artists who explore the quiet, the paused, and the almost-imperceptible. Through painting, sculpture, video and installation, the exhibition examines stillness not as absence, but as presence—charged with memory, resistance and transformation. Here stillness becomes a force; heavy with unspoken histories, political tension and quiet endurance. The exhibition reflects on the emotional and physical density of holding still—the way bodies, landscapes and time itself bear the weight of what is not said yet deeply felt.

The exhibition navigates histories of displacement, resilience, and cultural memory. The  artists on view come from diverse regions—South Asia, Eastern Europe, South East Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands—and approach stillness through their distinct cultural and political lenses. For them, stillness is never passive; it is charged, deliberate and often defiant. Their practices engage stillness as both resistance and reflection, tracing intimate personal experiences alongside collective narratives that resonate beyond their communities to touch us all as global citizens. Here, stillness becomes a methodology—a means to reckon with memory, presence and the politics of visibility.