Death is a Portal

GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS TURNS 20 ON MAY 5, 2020, JUST A YEAR LEFT TO GO BEFORE OUR CLOSURE IN MAY 2021. BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR CELEBRATION. AS THE WORLD SUFFERS THROUGH A PANDEMIC, GOVERNMENTS DEVOLVE INTO AUTHORITARIANISM, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOSE PEOPLE WE LOVE. A GENERATION IS NOT JUST DESCRIBED BY NUMBERS IN A CALENDAR. THIS PANDEMIC, OUR MEMORIES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND HOW WE TRANSMIT THESE MEMORIES IN THE FUTURE, CAN ALSO DEFINE A GENERATION. HISTORIES CONTINUOUSLY CRYSTALLIZE FROM THE FLUIDITY OF MEMORY.

AS WE CONTINUE TO REFLECT ON MOVING FORWARD TO A NEW ERA, WE COMMEMORATE THIS TIME BY EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE TO OUR FRONT LINERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CIVILIZATION RUNNING, WHILE CRITICIZING THOSE THAT WANT TO TAKE US INTO EVEN DARKER TIMES. CRITICISM IS ALSO AN ACT OF LOVE.

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