GWELEN

This is Connie’s story. Connie grew up in Penzance and can be found most days collecting plastic along the shoreline in Mount’s Bay. Connie volunteers for British Divers Marine Life Rescue and the Marine Stranding Network.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

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This is James’ story. James was born in Newlyn and spent his childhood in and under the water in Mount’s Bay. Learning to dive with the Penzance Sub Aqua Club in the 1960s, he was one of the earliest to dive in the bay.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

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This is Rachel’s story. Rachel is a local forager who shares her passion through guided walks and books.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

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This is Stephen’s story. His family have lived and worked on St Michael’s Mount for over twelve generations. Once a thriving commercial village and centre for trade, his family members have worked in a wide range of industries.

GWELEN SHORT STORIES accompany the interpretation panels installed along the Penzance – Marazion coastal path as part of the artwork Gwelen. Gwelen is an artwork by Artist Emma Smith with residents of West Penwith. The interpretation panels and accompanying audio have been created in collaboration with design studio TWO and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways.

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listeners on a journey along Mount’s Bay Coastal Path. Travel between the sculptures as artist Emma Smith introduces the artwork and local residents share their experience and knowledge of this extraordinary landscape.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound design by Ciaran Clarke.

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In this episode artist Emma Smith is joined by Anna Berska, Senior Guide at St Michael’s Mount, Anna Renton, Director of Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Jo Esra, Maritime Historian, and the Cobnuts poetry group to explore the energetic pull of Mount’s Bay on artists, pilgrims, poets and everyone who is drawn to this landscape.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Poetry by Cobnuts poetry group. Sound design by Ciaran Clarke.

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This episode brings together the knowledge of those who live and work in Mount’s Bay to share the geology and ecology of the bay, the submergence of its forest and the resonances for climate emergency.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound design by Ciaran Clarke.

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This episode brings together local voices to share the myths and legends of Mount's Bay, tracing relationships between language and landscape.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a Community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound Design by Ciaran Clarke.

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This episode brings together perspectives of Mount’s Bay and the submerged forest from people living and working around the bay and on the mount. From histories of smuggling to farming, foraging, beachcombing, walking, transport and the NCI watchstation, we hear a range of experiences and reflections about this unique place. 

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a Community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound Design by Ciaran Clarke.

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This episode brings together local stories and reflections of Mount’s Bay from those who have spent time in, on and under the sea here. These include divers, fishermen, swimmers and gig rowers, with unique perspectives of maritime history and life on St Michael’s Mount.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a Community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound Design by Ciaran Clarke.

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This episode is taken from a talk hosted by Newlyn Art Gallery at the outset of the Gwelen project in June 2021 as an introduction to the project.

GWELEN podcasts are produced as a collaboration between artist Emma Smith and Storylines, a Community Interest Company who specialise in recording and sharing stories in creative ways. Music by Jypsonyon. Sound Design by Ciaran Clarke.

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