Forth an Syns (translates from Cornish as The Saints’ Way) developed from my postgraduate research into the footpath / pilgrimage route linking Padstow and Fowey. The installation comprised four elements:-

1. Everyman: steamrollered (Corten steel sculpture)

2. Men Gurta: transference (large-scale digital photograph)

3. St Breock Downs: conversations (30 minute audio)

4. Forth an Syns: a publication / archival document including photographs and poetry

How loud the background hum

Of the world in forward motion has become,

Its unrelenting shout and strife

Penetrating all degrees of life.

And as disquiet, dishonour and disease

Have planted tricksters in the house of peace,

Trust and the gentle dawn are ruptured both

And everyone has sacrificed the Earth:

Dependencies of one upon the other

Turns day to night and robs us of a home.

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