Fray is a poetry pamphlet and multimedia installation inspired by the textures, hues, patterns and traditions of handwoven fabric. Through a series of interwoven sound compositions, video projections, texts and performances, the work draws parallels between woven fabric and the natural 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 multimedia installation inspired by the textures, hues, patterns and traditions of handwoven fabric. Through a series of interwoven sound compositions, video projections, texts and performances, the work draws parallels between woven fabric and the natural 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
Public engagement event—poetry reading, video projection and live weaving with motion-sensing @ Dry Water Arts, Northumberland
Video and audio only (extract).
“Piano Weave” weaving & spinning improvisation, An Tobar & Mull Theatre.