MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh
MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh (Mussel Gathering | Precious Fragments) was a 4 year practice-as-research multi-platform artwork using sculpture and conversation to explore contemporary Cornish cultural identity and its relationship with heritage, land, and extraction industries - including tourism and mining.
MESKLA considers issues of authenticity, fractured culture, colonialism, the links between indigeneity, language and intangible cultural heritage historically, locally, nationally and globally.
This multi-faceted project had many parallel strands including workshops; symposia; the development of new artworks and podcasts (see below for more information).
MESKLA considers issues of authenticity, fractured culture, colonialism, the links between indigeneity, language and intangible cultural heritage historically, locally, nationally and globally.
This multi-faceted project had many parallel strands including workshops; symposia; the development of new artworks and podcasts (see below for more information).
An archive of MESKLA is being compiled to sit within Kresen Kernow's public archive.
Acknowledgements:
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Redruth Unlimited and supporters of a Crowdfunder campaign.
The project was delivered in partnership with a range of organisations including Lowender Peran, Falmouth University, Kresen Kernow, Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek, Gorsedh Kernow, Cornwall Neigbourhoods for Change and Cornwall Council Cornish Language Office.
