"Wilderness
the Dance"
Land
art
at Kemyel Crease
" ... an entrance
threshold in an earth tunnel...
a doorway to a garden of fertility and childlike perception...
crossing the river and rising to power and sovereignty...
a journey into exile and the underworld...
the alchemy of bramble and thorn formed into the wings of
aspiration...
a transmutation of elements...
and the gateway to Eden... "
A land art and sculpture
project with Cornwall Wildlife Trust at Kemyel Crease Nature
Reserve near Mousehole in West Cornwall took place in 2003. It
took me over nine months to develop and was there for a further
six months. It was supported by Arts Council South West,
Creative Partnerships, K.E.A.P., the South West Coastal
Footpaths, Falmouth College of Arts, Penwith District Council,
and with help from the Old Cornwall Society and others.
The location
The plan
The piece
was developed on site from August to mid October 2003.
Mic Talbot, recently graduated at Falmouth
College of Arts worked with me and other members
of the team. We launched the project at
the Acorn Theatre in Penzance on 22nd October
2003. It was then maintained and on show until April 2004.
I found a
personal reflection of my life's journey in the changes of
environment along the 300 meters of coastal footpath through
Kemyel Crease woodland. The path suggests a series of
"doorways and spaces" which give the feeling of
passing through different archetypal chapters of
experience. At one end the path goes through a tunnel of
privet over bare earth and at the other a Monterey pine trunk
appears dissected by the path.... both suggesting a different
type of entrance. Most of the processes and responses I made
were to simply amplify what was there between my inner and
outer perception of the land.
A slide show of images
and words of a year at Kemyel Crease was produced to accompany
the exhibition.
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