The Immaterial Weight Left Behind

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This Autumn 2018 the CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF SUBSTRUCTURED LOSS is proud to host international interdisciplinary artists and researchers Jessica Carlsen (US), Talia Frank (US), Cecilia Tricker (UK), Melissa Joseph (US), Cecilia Whitney (US), and Fiona Trumper (WAL).

Jessica Carlsen’s works explore the recomposition of the layered self, amidst the aftermath of sexual assault. Talia Frank’s works focus on the health and resiliency of the human condition following a period of loss or grief. Utilizing papercuttings and sculpture, she shares what she's learned from a young woman eager to de-stigmatize cancer through dialogue and public awareness. Cecilia Tricker’s works attempt to map theoretical frameworks of grief typically deployed in interpersonal experiences of loss onto processes of environmental decay, and the resulting loss of nonhuman life. In doing so, it seeks to destabilise the binary between human and nonhuman agents, working towards de-anthropocentrising the traumatic imaginary. Melissa Joseph's tender cover of pavement stones are intentional empathic acts inviting others to consider the (in)visibility of marginalized groups. Cecilia Whitney’s works thematically draw upon sociological notions of the private/public divide in relation to the emotional through research on the psychological; personal narrative rooted in past mid-late adolescent trauma; and the notion of material as memory. Symbolism and metaphor are represented through conceptual sculpture and installation. Fiona Trumper’s works explore personal bereavement narratives through audio transcription, drawing, and handwriting; communicating how grief feels and the process of reconciliation.

In uncovering grief as theme and narrative; identity and environment; it is brought to the forefront, making the invisible - visible, the unfamiliar - familiar, and the intangible - tangible.

Works installed and artists present.