Bea Fremderman
Solastalgia
January 30 – February 27, 2016

April 17





I’d like to apologize for not writing you sooner. It was a struggle to find paper in the city but luckily I found a pen. Often I wonder what you’re up to. It feels so strange to not know anymore ever since the cables were cut. I am stuck in my head now more than ever, which is another reason I am filled with joy to finally write you.

After the storm, the city closed up its borders and we were stranded at the high point. Trees were uprooted and electrical poles had water damage 20 feet high indicating where the water line was. Following the storm came the drought. It was impossible to enter the beach because of the filtration systems. And the elderly were only allowed to go outside for a few hours every day at sunrise when the ground is the coolest from nightfall.

I am home but I am homesick. I feel like I’ve lost a sense of myself. I have no discernment in knowing who I am in relation to my surroundings. To be honest, I feel such powerlessness over the unfolding changes. I miss home even more than I could have believed and I was prepared to miss it a great deal. So this letter is really just a squeal of pain. I’m worried for all of us, in a quite simple desperate human way.

The past is a good place to visit, but certainly not a good place to stay.



Yours and only yours,

Vita

Solastalgia, Exhibition View

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016, detail.

Untitled (Scattered Fruit), 2016.
Various fruits, medical grade suturing thread.
Dimensions Variable.

 

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016, detail.

Untitled (Scattered Fruit), 2016.
Various fruits, medical grade suturing thread.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016, detail.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Bowls on Artist Pedestal), 2016.
Lint, stacked cardboard, plaster.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Bowls on Artist Pedestal), 2016, detail.

Untitled (Bowls on Artist Pedestal), 2016.
Lint, stacked cardboard, plaster.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Scattered Fruit), 2016.
Various fruits, medical grade suturing thread.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Brick Wall), 2016.
Newspaper, dirt, cherry radish seeds.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Brick Wall), 2016, detail.

Solastalgia, Exhibition View

Untitled (Scattered Fruit), 2016.
Various fruits, medical grade suturing thread.
Dimensions Variable.

Untitled (Clothes), 2016.
Found clothing, chia seeds on wire.
Dimensions Variable.