Ithell Colquhoun at Lamorna Village Hall

Readings, discussion and the book launch of 'The Living Stones' as part of 'Ancient Scent'

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Ancient Scent was an artist-led project celebrating the process and philosophy of surrealist artist Ithell Colquhoun, who lived in Lamorna Valley for many years during the second half of the 20th Century. A group of West Country artists and sorcerers met up once a month for a year in a series of process-based workshops held on location in Lamorna Valley. The sessions took techniques from Colquhoun's essay 'Children of the Mantic Stain' and included stillomancy, parsemage, fumage, frottage, collage and scrying and they culminated in an exhibition and launch event at the Village Hall.

Readings by Steve Patterson, Joe O' Clereigh (Grimoire of the Entangled Thicket), Deborah Westmancoat (The Living Stones), Tilly Craig, Ariel (Elegy on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccvmUHwSMdk

Talks by Richard Shillitoe, Marcus Williamson and Steve Patterson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGfA92z3Yc4

Richard Shillitoe's Colquhoun website: www.ithellcolquhoun.co.uk

10/10/16