In particular “being at the edge” means a lot to me.
Despite now living and working in Cornwall I arrived in Britain from a very
different type of culture that has always made me feel as though I am
inhabiting a different space. It excites me to discover new landscapes and
spaces that allow me to differentiate myself from the very different place that
I left behind. I am therefore conscious of being an ‘outsider’ – being ‘on the
edge’. The way you describe this
similar quality of Cornwall makes me yearn to discover how I might find different
ways to connect with the Cornish landscape and it’s history.
The overtly masculine and
authoritarian place that I left forbids some private feelings, which is perhaps
why my practice leads me towards trying to find my personal boundaries and permissible
social edges.
Mining also has a
particular resonance for me as many times I have considered how mining poses a
metaphor for my process, which tries to dig deeply into the hard and difficult subjects
I encounter.
I am particularly interested in sexual histories and sexual energies within a place or particular context. The exclusively male environment of the mines implies a potent masculine sexuality that I would like to explore in this instance.
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