The Curious Moaning of Kenfig Burrows

"The Curious Moaning of Kenfig Burrows by artist Sophy Rickett, is inspired by the life and work of Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, a little-known Welsh artist and astronomer active at the end of the 19th Century. Through photography and text, Rickett charts her journey towards making sense of the Dillwyn Llewelyn family sprawling and complex archive... The project consists of 41 photographic works, combining images made at locations on the Gower Peninsula associated with Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn's life, studio based works, and other found images... In the book, Ricket develops her interest in archival practices and how the heritage industry functions, by staging certain entry points through which the past is made visible. Moving between photography and text, she explores the limits of these points, understanding the place where a trail goes cold -- such as the denial of access, the withholding of permission -- as being productive and generative in itself."--Publisher's website (viewed January 22, 2020).