IN SEARCH OF THE GIANT’S WIFE: HERSTORIES OF ROMBALD’S MOOR
A SCULPTURAL FILM COLLABORATION BETWEEN JOANNA BYRNE AND EVE MILLER
OUR PROJECT
We are Joanna Byrne and Eve Miller. We’re making a new collaborative body of work that combines our practices in artist’s film and ceramic sculpture, inspired by and responding to the iconic landscape, archaeology and mythology of Rombald’s Moor, West Yorkshire.
Rombald’s Moor is a large area of moorland that lies between the Airedale and Wharfdale valleys, and includes: Ilkley Moor, Burley Moor, Hawksworth Moor, Baildon Moor, Bingley Moor, Morton Moor, and Addingham High Moor.
In our collaboration we’re exploring different kinds of human connection to the Moor, acknowledging its significance as a site of creative activity and expression since the Neolithic Age. Responding to archaeological artefacts, such as standing stones, cairns and rock carvings, we’re playing with the idea of ‘casting’ in different forms - clay sculpture, film projection and magic - and casting light on hidden ‘herstories’ and myths emerging from the landscape.
