Fray is a poetry pamphlet and in-progress multimedia performance inspired by the textures, hues, patterns and traditions of handwoven fabric. Through a series of interwoven compositions, texts and performances, the work draws parallels between music, woven fabric and environment. Fray was initiated as part of my 2022/23 Associate Artist residency at An Tobar and Mull Theatre on the Isle of Mull.
Fray captivated me with its sustained emphasis on metaphors of stitching and fabric as a means of investigating social and historical hierarchies; it’s an intricately structured pamphlet and the accuracy
of its descriptions reminded me of Elizabeth Bishop. (John McCullough)
Fray
Fray is a poetry pamphlet and in-progress multimedia performance inspired by the textures, hues, patterns and traditions of handwoven fabric. Through a series of interwoven compositions, texts and performances, the work draws parallels between music, woven fabric and environment. Fray was initiated as part of my 2022/23 Associate Artist residency at An Tobar and Mull Theatre on the Isle of Mull.
Fray captivated me with its sustained emphasis on metaphors of stitching and fabric as a means of investigating social and historical hierarchies; it’s an intricately structured pamphlet and the accuracy
of its descriptions reminded me of Elizabeth Bishop. (John McCullough)
Read the Poetry Pamphlet
Fray mise-en-scene video still: ‘lambswool clouds’.
Fray mise-en-scene video still: ‘fabric beach’.
Proof of concept session: soundtrack, video projection and live weaving with motion-sensing @ An Tobar & Mull Theatre.
Sketch for projected video and audio.
“Piano Weave” weaving & spinning improvisation, An Tobar & Mull Theatre.