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Elaine Brodie
Erin Clarke
Gail Hammer
Stephanie Kloibhofer

Elaine Brodie, Albino Carreira (detail), from the series To Have and To Hold: Collecting and the Heart’s Desire, 2008, photography and video installation, dimensions variable

(Be)longing broadly examines themes of identity and the desire to be part of a larger tribe. Elaine Brodie’s To Have and To Hold: Collecting and the Heart’s Desire is a meditation on and exploration of the collector’s impulse to possess or obtain. Caught between having and being, the collector searches for a state of balance, never far from being overtaken by his beloved possessions. In Stephanie Kloibhofer’s series entitled, We don’t need the state to promote diversity, possessions lend identity to individuals in ways that both define and defy stereotypes. Erin Clarke’s collaborative documentary work, Of Self and Home: Queer Faces, Queer Places, combines self-portrait painting and personal stories of queer-identified people who have experienced homelessness or other forms of displacement. Gail Hammer’s Experiencing Dance: Mind & Body Memory is a series of photographs that catalogue the life-affirming activity of dance and the ways that it shapes our sense of self, community, and history.