Tag: great auk
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Papay Update
A blashie day, meaning one of blustery showers, gives me a chance for an overdue update. I write sitting at a wooden table in the converted byre at Hundland on the north end of Papay, one of the outer isles of Orkney, close to the seabird cliffs at Fowl Craig where the last pair of […]
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Reflections from an experimental practice residency
Recently I was very lucky to be awarded a subsidised experimental practice residency at Trevellan, near Constantine in Cornwall. This post offers a brief account of this residency and some reflections on its outcomes. For the past eighteen months or so an idea has been elbowing me for attention. Whilst reading Thom van Dooren’s book […]
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Why mourn auks?
It might seem strange to begin here by questioning the title I have only just given this blog, let alone a working title which is currently shared with my thesis. But increasingly I wonder if mourning is the right word for the sorts of practices I want to pursue in my explorations of the extinctions […]