The beaten track is a metaphor for habit — for cultural and perceptual conditioning that confines the world to an orderly system of recognizable forms. Beyond it lies a departure from that order: a transgression of the boundaries of perception, knowledge, and meaning, and an exploration of side roads, blind spots, and unfamiliar spaces. The international group exhibition Access Is Off the Beaten Track  seeks pathways into these realms. The works on display open up spaces and