MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh
MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh (Mussel Gathering | Precious Fragments) is a 4 year practice-as-research multi-platform artwork. MESKLA uses 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).
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.
