Constellation of Complicity

Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity

Authoritarianism does not exist in isolation. It is relational, rehearsed, and often quietly sustained. Constellation of Complicity comprises artists from Myanmar, Iran, Russia, Syria, Tibet, Hong Kong and the Uyghur diaspora to expose the shared infrastructures and subtle choreographies of contemporary state violence.

Through installations, photographs, sound works and interventions, the exhibition traces how regimes collaborate across borders: through arms deals, surveillance technologies, diplomatic recognition and cultural erasure. These systems often appear under the guise of governance, security or tradition. The artists respond with defiance, making complicity not only visible but palpable.

Each work offers a form of resistance: ritual as remembrance, satire as subversion, testimony as structure. Together, they form a constellation, a way of perceiving power not as a fixed entity but as a shifting network of entanglements and quiet alignments.

Rather than asserting a singular narrative, the exhibition invites reflection on the viewer’s own position within these global dynamics. It calls for attentiveness, for accountability, and, above all, solidarity.

Curated by Myanmar Peace Museum

Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity, on view from 24 July - 19 October 2025 at Main Exhibition Gallery, 8th Floor bacc