#bea fremderman

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Bea Fremderman ⧗ Patient enough, the forest wears denim

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Bea Fremderman, "Weeds Compared to Flowers," 2023,

Along the shore of Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn, New York, the tides slowly expose the contents of closed landfills. Depression-era glass, soles of shoes, and conglomerations of inorganic and organic materials litter the coastal zone.

Upon her first visit to Dead Horse Bay, Fremderman described the site as the most apocalyptic landscape she had ever experienced. Once a hub for rendering dead horses and for industrial and urban waste processing, storage, and incineration, the area became renowned for its putrefaction. Today, sections are closed due to chemical pollutants and radioactive contamination.

Fremderman imagines the personas of those who may have used the detritus she collects. After a deep cleaning process, she assembles her gatherings in a technique like that used to make stained-glass windows.

Lit from within, the amoeba-like forms guide visitors through the gallery. Upon closer inspection stems of goblets, electronic chips, and pieces of dinnerware can be identified within the assemblages. The textures, colors, and shapes emanating from the sculptures result in an immersive installation.

The work hopes to offer a link to place — in this case, a landscape where the human footprint contorts and is contorted by the environment. Through the re-presentation and re-purposing of waste, Weeds Compared to Flowers intends to visualize human interconnection with disposable objects, the Earth, and an unknowable future.

Installation view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

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Bea Fremderman at Prairie October 12, 2021

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Bea Fremderman

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Bea Fremderman, Loreta Lamargese at La Kaje

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Ada O’Higgins: Can you explain the term ‘Solastalgia’?

Bea Fremderman: Solastalgia is a portmanteau of the words ‘solace’ and ‘nostalgia’. It’s a term coined by Glenn Albrecht that “captures the particular form of psychological distress that sets in when the homeland that we love and from which we take comfort is radically altered by extraction and industrialization, rendering it alienating and unfamiliar.” It is the homesickness you feel when you are still at home.

from an interview of Bea Fremderman by Ada O’Higgins for DisMagazine (x)

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Gauntlett Cheng SS17 BTS /  Nails Bea Fremderman

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