BALM is an art, community, and labor space in southern Illinois. We started BALM (Born Again Labor Museum) as an irrealist visual and conceptual art project in 2018. BALM is irrealist because we reject the false rationalism of “capitalist realism.” We conceive of BALM — in part — as an evolving mosaic or mural of visual and conceptual gestures.

AS THE pandemic seems to be waning -- at least for now in the United States -- we are hoping to finally open BALM to the public as a sited museum, as a space for both practical and impractical solidarity.