What do Carl Gent and Gemma Marmalade have in common?
Carl Gent is an artist from Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. His work frequently involves performances based on his researches into Cynethryth, the eighth century Queen of the Mercians and co-founder of Bexhill-on-Sea. Carl tells me how his researches led him to investigate pseudo-Mongol, a fake language depicted by Giotto and other mediaeval painters.
Gemma Marmalade investigates the boundaries of truth and story-telling through performance, photography and the construction of fake personas. In this episode, Gemma runs rings around me as I try to work out if she is telling me the truth – can I believe what she says?
What do Carl and Gemma have in common? They both discuss ideas of ‘fake’ with me.
Links:
Something To Do With Art – Carl Gent
Something To Do With Art – Gemma Marmalade
Next week: What do Gemma Marmalade and BA Zanditon have in common?
