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Clarke, Ciaran and King, Giles (2024) Kite Tales. [Project]
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Abstract / Summary
“For me, the joy of kiting lies in that fine sense of extension, in the fact that you have, almost literally, a hand reaching into the sky.” – Wyatt Brummit, author of Kites, 1971
The sight of multiple colourful kites can be breathtaking, and in some of our cultures they can symbolise the connection between the living and loved ones who have passed on.
Across ‘KITE TALES’ Giles King and Ciaran Clarke held space and created acts of remembrance, reflection and recreation with kites. Across a series of kite-building workshops — as well as conversations centred around life and death — this project looked to the skies, reimagining death rituals, connecting our kites with memories, the living, and the spirit world through engagement with these who have lost loved ones. This engagement took place via death cafes as well as facilitated, recorded conversations across the kite-building workshops.
The project culminated in a celebratory event at Mount Pleasant Ecological Park near Porthtowan. The visual and sound event saw 100’s of kites soaring into the sky above Cornwall, creating a beautiful spectacle of people coming together in celebration of life.
| Item Type: | Project |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | video, sharing, camera phone, video phone, free, upload |
| Subjects: | Creative Art & Design Performing Arts > Music & Sound |
| Courses by Department: | Academy of Music & Theatre Arts |
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| Depositing User: | Ciaran Clarke |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2025 15:25 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2025 15:25 |
| URI: | https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/6005 |
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