Our Story Starts With a Tear is a mixed media installation and performance created by the visual artist Danielle Hatch. As Hatch writes: “Through the format of a participatory nine-course meal, the performance will encompass aspects of ritual, play and emotional exchange. Thematically, the work will explore both the geography of motherhood and mothering as survival, examining the mother/infant relationship through the lens of the work of psychoanalyst and pediatrician DW Winnicott.” Somewhere Studio collaborated with the artist to design the temporary stage platform, five armatures, and the valance hanging system. The stage and cake stands were fabricated using recycled wood, furniture and found objects.

Our Story Starts With a Tear
Inverse Performance Arts Festival
The Momentary
Bentonville, Arkansas
2025

Client/Lead Artist: Danielle Hatch
Armature Design and Fabrication: Somewhere Studio
Fabrication Assist: Hunter Craig, Colleen Stokes
Photos: Kes Efstathiou