H O L D

A Deep Listening to the Rocks

25 November 2025 – 14 December 2025

Claire Hind

H O L D. Claire is a performance maker who walks to seek out extraordinary shapes in the natural landscape to rest and wrap body around geological rock, moulding into a boulder’s shape to practice deep listening.  The work began during the period of restricted movement, in the pandemic where we could no longer perform or encourage gatherings. Instead, Claire found ways to work with her body and perform for an incidental, exceptionally limited audience, in sites where there is visible evidence of Earth’s geological history. She then invited those who accompanied with her on long walks – to take a photograph of the shot she had composed – of her body on the rock. Whilst holding rock and moulding into its shape,  her practice of deep listening began to appreciate the world as a complex matrix of vibrating energy, as she got to know the rock type and age of the material she worked with. Claire composed poetic texts from out of this practice of deep listening.  Words are formed from within the meeting point between her scientific interest, knowledge of the rocks, and the mediative practice that slowly attempts to comprehend deep time and our relationship with the more than human. Just as we are made of vibrations. Vibration connects us with all beings and connects us to all things independently (Oliveros, 2022: 38).

Meet the Artist and Artist Talk – Saturday 29th November   4.15pm 

Join us in the gallery to meet Claire, view her fascinating exhibition, hear her talk about her work, and ask questions.

Pannett Art Gallery, Pannett Park, Whitby YO21 1RE

01947 600933

pannett.gallery@whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk