8th/9th August
Gemma Kempthorne
Boscastle: Dance with music and art
In this event Gemma Kempthorne will conduct a series of performances in unexpected locations around the village of Boscastle. Members of the public are invited to see Boscastle in a new light, exploring the geology, history and culture of the place through live performance, dance and music. This event is an opportunity to listen and watch tales unfold through movement and song, learn some Cornish dance steps and soak up the atmosphere.
15th/16th August
Wanderer (Kim Pilgrim & Jane Atkinson)
St Agnes Beacon: Performative installation
Wanderer is a collaborative artist duo, creating new artistic languagesaround the subjects of environment, heritage and movement within and understanding of the landscape.The public are invited to use pop-up tents to create a camp for one day only, exploring ideas of boundaries, land ownership and usage of St Agnes Beacon and the surrounding landscape.
22nd/23rd August
Janet McEwan
Godrevy Headland, near Gwithian.: Landscape intervention
Janet McEwan’s practice predominantly examines where we position ourselves within the ‘natural’ world, through considering the cultural filters which colour our stance. She has been researching aspects of Godrevy Headland, including Godrevy Lighthouse; an iconic local monument loaded with meaning to many people: a place also out of bounds… but one we can project escape fantasies onto from the crowded mainland.
29th/30th August
Anne-Marie Culhane
Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor Nr Camelford: Field sensing
Anne Marie Culhane is an environmental artist & performer. ‘Field Sensing’ is a participatory event, in which members of the public are invited to take part in a walk based on the practice of Field Sensing which gives an intensified mobile sensory mapping of locality by slowing down the body’s movements. This is followed by an open discussion with the artist and Peter Herring, an expert on the historic landscapes and evolution of Bodmin Moor.
19th/20th September
Jennie Savage
Zennor: Installation/event
Through investigations into the site and the people who inhabit it, Jennie Savage will create a text installation, exploring the multiplicity of perspectives of the landscape in and around Zennor. Text snippets will appear in the landscape mapping out a route. On Sunday the 20th September, Jennie Savage will invite the public to take part in a discussion/ event/ game in Zennor on the meaning of the word “Heritage”.
26th/27th September
Continental Breakfast
Cape Cornwall: Performative installation
Continental Breakfast is a collective of five visual artists working across three continents whose individual practices cover sculpture, writing, drawing, painting and photography as well as video, performance and collaborative work. Continental Breakfast will be creating a performative installation in response to the location and context of Cape Cornwall. Continental Breakfast will be based in Cape Cornwall for the duration of the project at the Brison’s Veor residency cottage. |