3.06 mi, 1h 1m, Mitte, Berlin, February 22, 2023, Number 2, 2023

Oil pastel, wax pastel, watercolor, and thread on paper 

32 x 24 cm

0.51 mi, 8m 59s, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, February 8, 2023, Number 1, 2023 

Oil pastel, wax pastel, watercolor, and thread on paper

32 x 24 cm

Tamar Segev’s work explores connections between familial memory, historical narratives, and contemporary culture, as they are embedded in sites and surfaces of architecture. She creates abstract works on paper and canvas that interpret official and unofficial sites of memory she encounters in a city. Through numerous interpretations of the same site, she creates records of observation, inquiry, and response. She utilizes stitching as an intentionally slow and arduous process, which embodies the labor of remembering and conjures a long lineage of textile work in her family.

These two works on paper are part of a new series she began while in residence at GlogauAIR. She maps her movements as she walks, following Stolpersteine in Berlin, commemorative plaques placed in the pavement in front of the last residence of victims of Nazi persecution. The line generated by her movement becomes the first mark in her paintings.