Sint Lucas Masters 2024-2025
Tremor

Tremor

Thérèse Anna Rafter

Autonomous Context  2024-2025

Developed between Ireland and Belgium, this ongoing research project examines the complexities of interspecies relations. Falconry—the ancient practice of hunting with birds of prey—serves as a conceptual thread. Through this lens, Tremor reflects on collective perceptions of the natural world, questioning inherited systems of classification and control.

The title Tremor is drawn from J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine, in which he writes: “I came late to the love of birds. For years I saw them only as a tremor at the edge of a vision.” This sense of belated awareness resonates throughout the work, where falconry discloses a uniquely complex human–animal relationship in a time of intensifying environmental collapse.

To learn more about this ongoing research project visit: thereserafter.com