‘Our own near neighbour, fleeing tightened reigns of matrimony, heard you in her horses thunder; “dolorous bells” with Copper, Lead, Antimony.’
Extract from ‘Ballad of the Tin’. Is it possible to have a conversation with a metal? This is the intriguing question artist Simon Pope has asked himself, and others, as part of a project on Dartmoor commissioned by Spacex titled ‘A Song, A Dance, And A New Stannary Parliament’. The answer will be found out at the premiere of ‘Ballad of the Tin’ on 10th May at Spacex as Pope and his collaborators, revered Devon folk musicians Jim Causely...
