Marlowe Mitchell (BA Performance & Creative Enterprise)

Biography

Researcher, Archivist

How would you describe your practice?

I’m a researcher and archivist of interesting history, focusing on trans, nb, and genderqueer lives. My artistic output is a branch of this work manifesting into how I can tell those stories and how they challenge the “accepted” narrative. The artistic format is decided by what the story is, but I almost always begin from a place of writing – lyrics, narrative, essays and manifestos, poetry, etc. and see where it naturally moves towards.

Often, film creates the centre-point of my artistic work, with its artistically varied possibilities and the ability to create deep, mythological images that both speak to and inform the world.

I am exploring what this means as a potential for trans, nb, and genderqueer lives, which haven’t been allowed into the public mythos as much more than predators or victims, despite our rich, documented history – we’re woven deeply into the tapestry of the world from the very oldest stories told and I want to put us back where we belong: at the heart of the image.

What has your PACE training taught you?

That I am a very self-driven and resilient artist, who believes in the work I do. Others believe in this work too.

What are your ambitions, moving forwards?

Right now, the histories I’m exploring are deeply personal and rooted in anger, coming-of-age stories, and horror themes. I want to be allowed to feel my ugliest emotions and I want that feeling to be liberating.