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Gemma joins Turner Prize-nominated artist Tracey Emin at one of her favourite haunts in her home town of Margate, the Shell Grotto.

Gemma Cairney continues The Leisure Society, a new series interviewing cultural icons, tastemakers, artists and musicians about their pastimes, hobbies, collections and loves beyond what they are known for. This week Gemma joins Turner Prize nominated artist Tracey Emin at one of her favourite haunts in her home town of Margate, the Shell Grotto. Discovered in 1835, the winding passages are covered in mosaics created entirely of millions of seashells but how they got there is still a mystery. Tracey discusses her love for the shell grotto and why she will be relocating to her hometown, the infamous Walpole Bay parties she used to host, the music she listens to when she's painting in her studio, her passion for sea swimming and how it has shaped her life and work.

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Mon 10 Aug 2020 04:00
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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Art Decade

    • RCA.

  • Pink Floyd

    Breathe

    • EMI.

  • M.I.A.

    Born Free

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Mermaids

    • Bad Seed Ltd.

  • The Beach Boys

    Good Vibrations

    • EMI.

  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

    • Virgin.

  • Fatboy Slim

    Weapon Of Choice (feat. Bootsy Collins)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Skint Records.
    • 6.

  • Fatboy Slim

    The Rockafeller Skank

  • Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • X‐Ray Spex

    Identity

    • EMI International.

  • The Clash

    The Magnificent Seven

    • Columbia.

  • Third World

    Now That We Found Love

    • Island Records.

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • Island.

  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

  • Lemon Jelly

    The Staunton Lick

    • XL Recordings.

  • Marcy Playground

    Sex And Candy

    • Capitol.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Jan 2018 13:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 10 Apr 2019 01:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 1 Dec 2019 13:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Mon 10 Aug 2020 04:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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