How do we enrich our lives and sustain a positive, healthy mindset? 

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Since time began, humans have developed an abundance of rituals and routines that provide joy, growth and grounding; ways to survive. Whether shared generationally, passed around in community, or discovered along the way on individual paths — it’s the sharing of these rituals which enable us as a species to find moments of ease and joy during our time on this planet. 

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ME 2 U began on our platform as a way to share personal items chosen by our contributors; a book, a film, a song, a recipe, whatever it may be, to cultivate a space of co-learning… 

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…Artists' contributions, whether in the form of an artwork or performance, share the message of personal tools carried in daily life — the acts or objects which bring happiness to their lives. They are the things we take with us as we move to a new city; the amulets we wear for protection. They are the recipes handed to us from our parents; the love letters we write to ourselves and friends.

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In ME 2 U: A collective manifesto, Baesianz called upon Bow Arts artists to share their methods of survival, in an ode to the ceremony of togetherness and the resourcefulness found not just within oneself, but in community too. Presenting 20 artists works, each provides a visual representation of a love letter to the past, present, and future. The exhibition and programme of events explores regenerative themes surrounding rebirth and renewal, a reclamation of feminist and queer narratives, and the honouring of nature, both internal and external, as material.

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