Twisted myth is the most recent step in Karina Roosvita and Vicky Gerrard's ongoing work on the adoption, adaption, and evolution of myth

Drawn together through their interest in experimental ethnographic approaches to creative practice, Karina Roosvita and Vicky Gerrard began working together in 2016, when they met in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. The pair are particularly interested in the ways that myths are flipped, turned and twisted to meet particular political agendas. Their work together has focussed on the myth of Kanjung Ratu Kidul, a mythical sea queen who lives along the Southern Coast of Java. Over centuries Ratu Kidul has been a leprotic princess, a protector of livelihoods, the sultans lover, and an object of sexual fetish. She is a powerful figure and each retelling has sought to harness that power to meet particular political agendas. More recently, Karina and Vicky have begun to draw parallels between the political twisting of Kanjung Ratu Kidul as the protector of Java's Southern Coast, and the myth of British exceptionalism where England's Southern Coast, and particularly the English Channel, evokes its own protectionist political imaginary. Drawing such parallels led Karina and Vicky to wonder about the politicisation of other myths and how such political manipulation is experienced by those for whom the myth is important. Twisted Myth is an open curatorial initiative which invites artists, writers, storytellers, designers, and researchers to join Karina and Vicky on their creative enquiry into the politicisation of myth.