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Transubstance

01/01/2002
Furtherfield

Three works explore the less disenchanted states of being. In one of her works ‘Miranda Matthews’ starts to locate the migrant ‘soul’ of myth & magic via performance, installation & sculpture. With ‘Seal Suits’, I decided to locate my own seal spirit and make my seal skin. The ‘seal suit’ is made from neoprene, used to make wet suits. “It feels like an extra layer of the self. The silkies are creatures of Celtic myth who have a hidden seal identity. The tale goes that women (and sometimes men) would hide their seal skins in a place known only to themselves. Tired of their ordinary existence, they would slip into their seal skins and swim into the oceans”.