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Master Rock
In what is both archival document and poetic homage, Belfast-born writer Maria
Fusco evokes Ben Cruachan, the largest peak on the west coast of Scotland
through three historical voices the tunnel tigers, the Irish explosives experts
who carved out the mountain for a power station; Elizabeth Falconer, the artist
who created a mural inside that only the site s workers see; and Granite, the
450-million-year-old rock of Cruachan itself. This artful publication weaves
together Fusco s script, extensive archival black-and-white images documenting
Power Station construction, the artist s mural and the deep and powerful voice of
the mountain to create a poem of words and images. Based on the performance
broadcast conducted live from inside the mountain for BBC Radio 4, UK, October
2015, Master Rock is a quiet but powerful exploration by a woman artist of the
drive to conquer and feel oneness with the forces of nature.
Fusco evokes Ben Cruachan, the largest peak on the west coast of Scotland
through three historical voices the tunnel tigers, the Irish explosives experts
who carved out the mountain for a power station; Elizabeth Falconer, the artist
who created a mural inside that only the site s workers see; and Granite, the
450-million-year-old rock of Cruachan itself. This artful publication weaves
together Fusco s script, extensive archival black-and-white images documenting
Power Station construction, the artist s mural and the deep and powerful voice of
the mountain to create a poem of words and images. Based on the performance
broadcast conducted live from inside the mountain for BBC Radio 4, UK, October
2015, Master Rock is a quiet but powerful exploration by a woman artist of the
drive to conquer and feel oneness with the forces of nature.
92 pages, Hardcover
Published March 1, 2016
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