1. Relationship before product

We prioritize alignment by centering consent, dignity, and reciprocity in all collaborations, while recognizing how our work emerges from histories of extraction and silencing.

2. The body holds knowledge

We honor the truth that creativity emerges from lived experience, evolving nervous systems, ancestry, and survival. Capacity and pacing matter. Time, vision, and emotional labor are valued and compensated.

3. Decolonial, Transnational orientation

We resist extractive models rooted in imperialism, capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. Our work seeks to dismantle these systems through care, imagination, and collective responsibility.

4. Art is not neutral

We do not believe art is separate from politics, nor do we require artists to perform ideology. We trust one another to show up raw, complicated, and human.

5. Credit, authorship, and consent are non-negotiable

Roles, rights, and expectations are clearly named. Nothing is reused, reproduced, or repurposed without explicit agreement.

6. Ethics are the bones

We commit to our ethics by naming a process for harm by creating a container for listening, providing repair options, and clarifying boundaries if repair falls.