Hiraeth is said to be a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for lost places of your past.
"Leier looks to childhood as an exploration of the unknown as represented by the uncanny. Gone are the bright, shiny, and orderly; in their place are the mystical, magical, and murky. Hiraeth, consisting of three series of images, utilizes the uncanny to tap into the viewer's own memories of their past, bringing up the complex mix of unresolved anxiety and nostalgic comfort that make up memory."
-Text by Kerri-Lynn Reeves from the exhibition Hiraeth at Martha Street Studio in Winnipeg Manitoba. January 20th- February 25th, 2017.
"Leier looks to childhood as an exploration of the unknown as represented by the uncanny. Gone are the bright, shiny, and orderly; in their place are the mystical, magical, and murky. Hiraeth, consisting of three series of images, utilizes the uncanny to tap into the viewer's own memories of their past, bringing up the complex mix of unresolved anxiety and nostalgic comfort that make up memory."
-Text by Kerri-Lynn Reeves from the exhibition Hiraeth at Martha Street Studio in Winnipeg Manitoba. January 20th- February 25th, 2017.
