Staying with the Trouble Brough together artists who refuse distance in a world marked by entangled lives, shared vulnerabilities, and ongoing struggle. Drawing on Donna Haraway’s call to “stay with the trouble” to remain present with complexity rather than turn away, this exhibition invited viewers to consider kinship as an active, ethical practice. Here, kinship was not a metaphor but commitment: to living and dying well together on a wounded planet, to recognising our responsibilities within overlapping worlds, and to standing with those facing dispossession and violence.

Presented as a fundraiser for humanitarian aid in Palestine, the exhibition held space for art as solidarity. The works gathered here insisted that care is not abstract; it is material, situated, and urgent. By attending closely to the fragile, interdependent threads that bind us, Staying with the Trouble asked how we might respond, with clarity, courage, and compassion, to the crises we inherit and the futures we are still shaping.

With almost $5,000 raised for rebuilding universities in Gaza, and over 350 guests at the opening night. Staying with the Trouble was a massive cultural success on the its local scale, proving that radical arts and community still hold space during times of intense separation.

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