MESKLA Podcasts
The Meskla podcasts see conversations among speakers whose research or lived experienced touches on the project themes of extraction, fractured culture and identity. They are available to listen via standard podcast platforms and through this webpage.
Guests include: Dr Stephanie Pratt; Angeline Morrison; Angela Piccini and Kayle Brandon; Amanprit Sandhu, Georgia Gendall, Libitia Sibungu, Liam Jolly, and Jowdy Davey of Lowender festival & Gorsedh Kernow.
All podcasts were recorded between June - August 2022 in different locations and with a range of equipment. As such the sound quality varies and at times external factors are more present than ideal in the recordings. A full list of references and further reading resources can be found HERE.
This podcast series is continuing, see more episodes HERE.
Guests include: Dr Stephanie Pratt; Angeline Morrison; Angela Piccini and Kayle Brandon; Amanprit Sandhu, Georgia Gendall, Libitia Sibungu, Liam Jolly, and Jowdy Davey of Lowender festival & Gorsedh Kernow.
All podcasts were recorded between June - August 2022 in different locations and with a range of equipment. As such the sound quality varies and at times external factors are more present than ideal in the recordings. A full list of references and further reading resources can be found HERE.
This podcast series is continuing, see more episodes HERE.
Podcast #1: A Conversation with Bards Pol Hodge, Jenefer Lowe & Mark Trevethan
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Language, authenticity, commodification of culture and the Celtic revival are amongst topics discussed when Sovay is joined by Grand Bard, Pol Hodge, Deputy Grand Bard, Jenefer Lowe and Cornwall Council’s Principle Culture Lead, Mark Trevethan, for the first episode in the MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh 2022 podcast series.
Podcast #2: A Conversation with Artists Parts 1 with Georgia Gendall & Liam Jolly
The push and pull of connection to place - belonging, othering, disconnection, discrimination and barriers imposed by others. Artists Georgia Gendall, & Liam Jolly share their experiences of growing up in Cornwall & becoming artists. They also talk about how their relationship to Cornwall has shifted over the years and how it plays out in their work.
Podcast #2: A Conversation with Artists Parts 2 with Libita Sibungu
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In Part 2 I am joined by Libita Sibungu, an interdisciplinary artist working with writing, drawing, performance, photography, print, and sound to build environments that weave decolonial narratives into immersive installations and poetic arrangements.
Podcast #3: A Conversation about Extraction with Prof. Emma Gilberthorpe & Dr. Hilary Orange
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In this third episode Dr Hilary Orange & Prof. Emma Gilberthorpe share their thoughts and research about the impacts of extraction industries on communities around the world, and the relationship of this labour to identity and sense of place and belonging.
Podcast #4: A Conversation about Land, Language & Fractured Culture with Dr. Stephanie Pratt & Jowdy Davey
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In this fourth podcast I am joined by Dr Stephanie Pratt - Dakota and Anglo-American Art Historian, and Jowdy Davey - Director of Lowender, who share their research which covers intangible cultural heritage and representation of indigenous peoples through colonial gaze.
Podcast #5: A Conversation with Performers, with Ellie Allen, Becky Bordeaux & Passman
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In this fifth podcast I'm joined by Ellie Allen, Becky Bordeaux and Luke Passey otherwise known as Passman, to talk about Redruth, living, working and growing up in Kernow, nightlife housing and the cost of living; community and the intangible nature of local knowledge; tourism, stereotypes and TV; gentrification, the diaspora and responsibilities of being contemporary Cornish performers.
Podcast #6: A Conversation about Tourism, Commodification & Class with Dave Beech
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In this sixth podcast, I'm joined by Dave Beech, an artist and writer from a working class background. We talk about tourism, class and colonial gaze; how culture and lifestyle is commodified and purchased, and the potential impacts of this.
Podcast #7: A Conversation About Art Working & Colonial Legacies, with Association of Unknown Shores
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In this seventh podcast I am joined by artists Kayle Brandon and Angela Piccini of Association of Unknown Shores.
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Podcast #8: A Conversation About Cornish Life & Lifestyle Cornwall with Dr Joanie Willett and Natasha Carthew
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For this eighth podcast I invited Dr Joanie Willett, a senior lecturer in Politics with the University of Exeter and Co-Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, to talk about lifestyle culture and socio-economic situations in Cornwall, Joanie in turn invited Natasha Carthew, an awared-winning working-class writer from Cornwall.
Podcast #9: A Conversation About Fractured Cultures & The Power of Stories with Angeline Morrison
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For this ninth podcast, I visit Cornwall based songwriter vocalist, choir leader, researcher and writer Angeline Morrison for a conversation at her home, with a small intervention from her cat, Ted.
Podcast #10: A Conversation About Place, Art & Cultural Capital with Amanprit Sandhu
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For the tenth podcast, the last in this MESKLA series, I am joined by Amanprit Sandhu. Amanprit is a London-based curator and educator with a focus on expanded exhibition practices, pedagogy and widening participation in the arts and arts education, and collaborative approaches to working. She is currently working as a Senior Lecturer on the Fine Art programme at Chelsea College of Arts, London.Spe
Bonus Podcast: How Do I Stay? Flamm / VASW Special episode.
This special episode deviated slightly from the usual MESKLA programme to reflect upon The Flamm X VASW event 'How can I stay? Remote Working' which took place at IntoBodmin and The Beat on 12th July 2024.
I was joined by artists Anna Harris and Emma Digerud-White, who shared their own reflections, and those of others who attended on the day, of working life as an artist in Kernow.