Los Angeles - Neutra Museum

The Monarch is a traveling art installation and evolving photographic project which examines migration as a phenomenon fundamental to the evolutionary processes and inherent to the biological balance of the global ecosystem. By adapting lyrical symbolism of the butterfly’s annual migration, The Monarch calls on its transcultural folkloric associations with hope, endurance, courage and beauty, in order to reassign these meanings to the perception of human migration. Migration’s essential role in human development is bolstered by modern research which proposes immigration to be a positive factor in economic and socio-cultural developments for both native and receiving regions. However, despite the evidence, the pervasive ideological stance of most political ideologies presents a challenging barrier to this natural process. The Monarch, thus, aims to challenge these misconceptions through an expanding portrait series that brings together faces and stories of immigrants from around the globe in a single photographic archive. In its international scope, the project endeavors to celebrate human history, resilience and capacity to reinvent unbearable life conditions in a strive for a better tomorrow.

**In support of this global initiative we invite you to join the Monarch Installation Project in reinforcing new horizons for the future well-being of the human race.

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