CKA Cove Park Residency: Melanie Stidolph in conversation with Dr D Ferrett

This in conversation event follows Melanie’s time at the first Cove Park x CKA residency in Scotland, which enabled her to spend time in a landscape distinct to Cornwall, developing connections 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 Melanie Stidolph

Melanie Stidolph is an artist based at Porthmeor Studios, St Ives. Her work finds a visual language for grief and absence while holding space for desire. She is a current ACE DYCP grant recipient, recently completed a commission with Hospital Rooms and partnered with Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange to realise the ACE funded project ‘The next dawn, the next spring’.

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.

Pricing

This event is free for members of Creative Kernow Associates. CKA members can find their code to book a free ticket on their members portal at associates.creativekernow.org.uk/my-account. There is a small fee of £5 for non-members, just to cover costs as the event is funded through membership fees.

Creative Kernow Associates membership starts at £5/month: associates.creativekernow.org.uk/membership.

Cancellation

Tickets cancelled before more than 7 days before the event will be fully refunded.

Tickets cancelled within 7 days of the event will be partially refunded (50%) and tickets cancelled within 24 hours of the event will not be refunded.

Capacity

There is a maximum of 20 spaces at this event.

Accessibility

Melanie’s studio has level access.

Please email 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

Images courtesy Melanie Stidolph