Lynette Wallworth

Lynette Wallworth's Evolution of Fearlessness is an intimate‚ interactive installation that responds to touch. A sequel to Wallworth’s Invisible by Night (2004), together the works investigate powerful human emotions such as grief, loss and the re-emergence of hope.

In creating Evolution of Fearlessness‚ Wallworth filmed portraits of eleven women residing in Australia‚ but originating from countries such as Afghanistan‚ Sudan‚ Iraq and El Salvador‚ who have lived through wars‚ survived concentration camps or extreme acts of violence. The work focuses on a state beyond terror and loss most closely akin to mercy.

Built around the importance of gesture‚ Evolution of Fearlessness provides a tactile gateway to the living women contained in the piece‚ whose stories we are given glimpses of but whose lips do not speak. The work is an intimate revelation of the strength of the human spirit.