The invading beauty of this place…
The beauty of this place is astounding and the depths of history here unlimited. As an artist based in a setting like this it is both its strength and also its potential disaster…
I am now actually based in the project space at Bosigran. It has happened! The wonder of this place and the separation of home and work, having somewhere to pack up my sarnies and go to each day has put me in such a different space for working I would not have believed it could make such a difference. I am out of mobile reception and out of wifi. And at the moment it couldn't be better.
So in terms of getting into a space where I can make, the peace, the separation – I didn't know how much I needed it. But the counter-side is the pull to romanticise the place, the work. Even when there is a strong politicised undercurrent to ideas, somehow the beauty just keeps trying to invade the aesthetic. And that may well be my biggest challenge.
