{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Homing","title":"Polly Morgan on Taxidermy, Family & Letting Things Go","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5119,"description":"Much like her taxidermy-based sculptures, Polly Morgan is an artist who delights in looking beneath the surface. \nHer home in Camberwell is deliberately minimalist - a space viewers may recognise from Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. As she prepares to move out after 13 years, with most of her possessions already shipped off to the countryside, she reflects on the highs and lows of her time there. \nGrowing up in the Cotswolds, Polly’s childhood was characterised by watching animals die and by seeing her father dissect bodies to understand anatomy. Those early experiences formed her way of seeing, not as something morbid, but as a curiosity about life and its endings.\nEntirely self-taught, Polly has always worked slightly outside of artistic convention. She speaks about wanting to notice what most people overlook, to find the parts of things that are usually hidden.\nIt’s with this same outlook that she talks about the loss of her sister and mother, and the decision to say goodbye to her city life as she prepares to return to the countryside.\nThis is a conversation about artistic process, growing older, family, and learning what to hold on to and what to let go of.\nThis episode was recorded in person at Polly’s home in Camberwell.\nTo hear more from us:\n\nYouTube: Subscribe to our channel, Homing with Matt, to watch the video version\nInstagram: @homingwithmatt\nTikTok: @homing.with.matt\nContact: Email us at hello@mattgibberd.com\nFor more content and exclusive walking tours:\nPatreon: http://patreon.com/HomingWithMatt\nMatt Gibberd’s book, A Modern Way to Live, is available here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/320176/a-modern-way-to-live-by-gibberd-matt/9780241480496\nMusic by @simeonwalkermusic\nIdentity & design by @lena.winkler.creative.office\nProduced by @podshoponline","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jfhTOve5zkBU-4TRtFPERWb8yNLRKVKLKahjrWvoDdk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNWNk/YTE1NTI1ZWQ0NjI1/MTBhNDlkOWY1ZTU1/OGM1YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}