oxland cylinder by Kemper Norton

In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century the majority of the world’s arsenic was created in Cornwall and Devon.

The “ Oxland Cylinder “ was one of the methods used and was a revolving iron tube used to process and vapourise arsenic pyrites. None of these devices remain intact.

"creating something moving, eerie and somewhat chilling out of almost nothing.” – The Wire

“The music of Kemper Norton streaks across the ages like a tipsy beachcomber, enthusiastically and expertly skipping across time’s tide ...” – The Quietus

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