The aim of the article is to present the active participation of culture in the social life of a nation on the example of Sylwester Ambroziak’s art project entitled “Mama, I’m coming home”. The main problem of this article is “Euro-orphanhood”, which is a result of the economic emigration of parents in response to a geopolitical situation. Sylwester Ambroziak’s “Mama, I’m coming home” exhibition is a reaction to the present-day problem of Euro-orphanhood and the related experiences of abandonment, exclusion and eradication. The research methods used to achieve this purpose are semiotic analysis and interpretation. Formal and content analysis of the exhibition are preceded by information concerning stagings of the exhibition in Biała Podlask...