Saltwater Healing:Yuki Kihara's Darwin in Paradise Camp

Taking the 2025 iteration of Yuki Kihara’s immersive art installation Paradise Camp at the Sainsbury Centre and its addition of Darwin Drag as a main case study, this chapter reflects on Kihara’s artwork as a revelation of the impact of marginalisation in an ocean environment. Employing the notion of saltwater healing, used in a multifarious sense in reference to the oceans’ healing properties and the need for fluid thinking as well as the need to look after the health of the Earth’s oceans and its inhabitants, as a framework for analysing Kihara’s work, the chapter discusses the potential of the exhibition as a space for healing.