In the Steps of the Ancestors Joseph Waterfield (1858-1933) Margaret Prichard (1849-1890) Last month I checked into a quarryman (and woman’s) cottage in Trefor, Gwynedd on the Llŷn Peninsula where three generations of my family lived and worked at the foot of three mountains known as …
Beginnings of Pink Granite
I have been working for almost a year with The Project Group in Charmouth, Dorset under the guidance of Sandra Reeve. I will be sharing some of this new work through Pink Granite this coming weekend. It will mark the development of my new book Pink Granite. Please see the extract from Sandra Reeve’s invitation below with links to the work. There is …
Follow the Stone – A New Creative Walking Programme
Follow the Stone Creative Circular Walking Workshops with Carran Waterfield I am offering the walks on a regular basis all year round. I have chosen Tuesdays for this work but if this doesn’t suit you and you want to participate, please get in touch. I am flexible and can work around your availability. I offer group walks of up to seven people …
Creative Lives Online Gallery Launch
Creative Lives Online Gallery Launch Following the presentation of Disrupted Meadow at Sentient Performativities at Dartington Hall in Devon in June this year, I revisited the material with recordings from that showing for Creative Lives curated by Kirsty Surgey and Carmen Levick for Sheffield University and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. It all began to fall into place. The challenge, which I …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Part Four: A Poem
Navigating Sentient Performativities Part Four: A Poem Anticipating Connection and Negotiating Community I arrived at the spot after my earlier recce at 9.40. I arrived after ‘crawling’ and ‘slow walking’ on the TV in studios six and one respectively. I arrived at 11.20 Or thereabouts. I sat on the steps. I waited. Kristina gave me a ‘past its …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Part Three
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Dartington Hall June 2022 (Part Three). We got drenched with Sarah Hyde leading a Participatory Movement Ritual in another meadow. We were drenched in dreaming and the silence of grasses. It reminded me of times as a child when I just gave in to the rain and got wet through. The session was a deep work …