Works – Polyphony

CERAH Exchange Showcase: Thinking through Cross-Disciplinary Methodology

Through the process of deep listening and respectful sharing Ellis, Moffat and Ziemons entered this collaboration from the distinctly different yet overlapping disciplines of criminology, creative writing, and visual arts. Exploring their respective research with each other they discovered a commonality in their personal experiences and began to investigate work in relation to the education of youth and the impact of early experiences upon adulthood.

The collaboration resulted in four separate yet deeply connected works which explore family legacy and the all too often unheard or silenced position of children and young people in contemporary society. 

A jug filled to the brim

handed overhead from mother

to daughter.

It is every drop spilt,

running down the body,

staining the floor.