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Book SynopsisKinship is a unique undertaking in the artistic career of one ofIreland's leading artists. This book, and the artistic project it is part of,charts the act of returning a mummified body of a man to Egypt. This book,produced in conjunction with Dorothy Cross's newest artistic project, chartsthis unique journey, drawing in new writings from some of the bestcontemporary writers from around the world, who write on and around the themesof the Kinship project - migration, home, refuge, crisis and the process ofreturn.In2019 Dorothy Cross recalled a story of an Egyptian mummy that had been hiddenaway in the archives of the anatomy department at University College Cork fordecades. For Cross, the next step she needed to take seemed as natural to heras any of her work - the mummy and sarcophagus must be returned to itshomeland. In beginning this act, and this journey, Cross set out to create anevent across place and time, with music, literature and celebration - an actof kinship.Asthe body returns to its home across the Mediterranean, the Kinship projectwould again draw attention to the present-day plight of thousands of migrantswho, fleeing their countries, attempt to cross those same waters.Featuringwriting by: Max Porter, Sonali Deraniyagala, Edmund de Waal, John Fitzgeraldwith Nadra Mabrouk, President Michael D. Higgins, Rosemary Mahoney, HishamMatar, Philippe Sands, Ahdaf Soueif and Dorothy Cross.
