Talk: 17 May – CKA x Cove Park Residency
On Saturday 17 May at 11am, I’ll be talking with the brilliant D Ferrett following my time on the first Cove Park x CKA residency in Scotland. With grateful thanks to D, and to the support from CKA and Cove Park for developing the residency and selecting me. Listing and booking link below, hosted in my studio in Porthmeor Studios, St Ives.
The talk will reflect on time spent in a landscape distinct from Cornwall; providing space and connection points for new work. Melanie will be in conversation with D Ferrett, taking as their starting point their shared attraction to the place stones have in rural ritual and as way finders and entry points into the imaginary.
About D Ferrett
D Ferrett is a cultural theorist working at the intersection of feminist sound studies and ecocriticism. Her work explores how sound and listening can help us understand the entanglements between violence against women and environmental crisis. She is the author of Dark Sound: Feminine Voices in Sonic Shadow (Bloomsbury 2020), and her current project, ‘Quantum Listening to the Elemental Imaginary of Dark Kernow’, examines ritual, voice and the more-than-human in response to the binary of fertility and barrenness.
Please contact associates@creativekernow.org.uk if you have any questions.
About Creative Kernow Associates
This talk is part of the programme of events for members of Creative Kernow Associates, a new membership programme for the creative and culture sectors in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and a legacy of Creative Kernow’s hugely successful EU-funded Cultivator programme. Members have access to exclusive opportunities, an extensive selection of resources, 1-to-1 support, a tailored programme of workshops and events, and special benefits offered by partner organisations.
Find out more: associates.creativekernow.org.uk
Image: Cove Park residency space