In an era where images can be endlessly generated and manipulated, this show explores how visual representations shape our understanding of the world. Through a diverse selection of historical and contemporary diagrams, charts, and illustrated texts, it examines how humans have long used visual systems to organize knowledge—from mapping the cosmos and classifying societies, to translating complex data into intuitive forms. The works highlight a key tension: diagrams can clarify reality, yet they can also distort it, depending on the choices and assumptions embedded in their creation. By juxtaposing examples across centuries and cultures, the exhibition reveals how these “schematic” tools operate as universal languages, bridging disciplines, geographies, and time periods, while also prompting reflection on the trustworthiness of images in a digitally saturated world. It’s a thoughtful invitation to slow down, consider how meaning is constructed, and rethink the ways we engage with information in our visually fragmented age.