Miriam Troth Iced KUBE

We visited the Shelley Theatre, which is currently awaiting funding.

We plan to video a site visit to The Shelley Theatre Boscombe which has been neglected for many years is currently semi -derelict and awaiting funding for refurbishment.

Ice workshop.incorporating various natural plant materials and pigments.

The work will be partly site and subject specific..would I have reached the decision to use ice if working in a different space?

ArtLab supports selected artist led initiatives.We will work on issues arising from fragments of the Mary Shelley journals.

So far I have noticed that ice appears to be a recurring motif both in her life and literature.
Ice. Water’s full stop.
During one of her several miscarriages Percy placed Mary Shelley in a bath of ice thereby helping to stop the blood
loss and possibly saving her life.

In the first pages of ‘Frankenstein’ the
‘being’ appears in the icy wastes of the Arctic; giving birth to the character.