brunton calciner by Kemper Norton

The "Brunton Calciner" was one method used in ore processing to roast and refine the waste products from mining to create arsenic.
The remains of these devices can still be seen in the landscape.

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

"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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