There are elements of classical myth that find their way into this incredibly different story world. When you stap retelling, i'm stand in a very different cultural and religious and social space from the world of antiquity. One has to be very self conscious about that and confess to it with your own preoccupations, your own prejudices and your own creative mind at work right? Where to point the camera, what elements to expand and draw out,. What elements to contract and certainly, how you would stand in relation to where uere with your asourced material. Y i think there are some incredibly powerful female figures that just call to be retold which is what you've done here. You know
Art historian, printmaker and writer Dr Amy Jeffs is joined in conversation by author and journalist Charlotte Higgins to discuss how ancient myths and legends are constantly retold and reimagined by new storytellers. Amy Jeffs' book, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain, is a retelling of 30 medieval myths and legends. Charlotte Higgins' book, Greek Myths: A New Retelling, provides a refreshed narrative by focusing on the perspective of women in the stories of Ancient Greece, with illustrations from Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili.
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