Fabiola Santana – A Home for Grief

For over five years artist Fabiola Santana has been collecting stories of grief from women in the North of the UK, as a way of reaching out to others and asking: ‘How do you do it? Can we sit together a moment and share our stories? Can we find ways to witness each other? And heal together?’ A Home for Grief is a collection of experiences made for one person at a time. A series of communal actions that search for ways to share grief across boundaries and histories.The experiences begin with a sound-walk through the cityscape surrounding Tramway. On your journey you will listen on headphones to the voices of women from different backgrounds, some from the local area, on grief, loss and tenderness. On Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday the walk finishes by visiting an installation in Tramway. A collection of audio visual pieces. Five quilted grief maps of landscapes people shared they found inside themselves. Together they form a space of comfort where you are welcome to listen, to look, and offer your own experiences too. On Friday and Saturday Fabiola will be offering her rare and precious 1-to-1 performance. In this private space you will be guided through an intimate experience exploring care, memory, ritual and grief. Entering alone, your presence will contribute to a tender conversation on how we say goodbye.