Claire Fear
Field of Traces



Structure and material hold memory
My work examines the evidence

FIELD NOTES





01    TRACES OF MEMORY                





02    ENDURANCE OF CARE              





03    CONDITONS OF ABSENCE            





04    ACTS OF REPAIR                  





05    NOTIONS OF BELONGING                





06    MAKING FUTURES                  






NOTIONS OF BELONGING

At the beginning, all is unfamiliar.

We are at sea, wary and unsure, looking for the security of the lighthouse.

As we begin to pay attention — the rarest and purest form of generosity — questions form, and we follow their threads. We learn to tolerate uncertainty and not yet knowing where everything will lead. We wait until those relationships unexpectedly connect.

Perhaps belonging begins here: through the generosity of attention, curiosity and a willingness to remain with the unknown while connections are allowed, and encouraged, to form.