lists of flowers from which Blodeuwedd is created in English, Welsh, Breton
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Sunday, 14 April 2013
Saturday, 4 October 2008
ointment
ointment
a retrospective exhibition
oriel Henry thomas
West Wales School of the Arts Gallery
Caerfyrddin
6th November - 12th December 2008
Peter Bodenham curated the exhibition and I was asked to show Reconcile I & II. So how to re-present a two performances, one over an hour long, very site specific, with the viewing restricted by the space? One very intimate....
I was given a very good documentary video by Heike Roms, that clearly showed the context and the audience; this was shown on a very small dvd player. I also took photographic images from the dvd of pertinent moments/movements. There were framed pieces of work containing nails hair feathers roses and photographs.
Wednesday, 28 February 2001
reconcile I & II
@ ointment I, Parc Y Pratt Farm, Sir Benfro, Cymru/Wales
performance & installation
reconcile /,ri:k¥n,sail/ v.tr 1 Make friendly again after estrangement. 2 (usu. in refl. or passive; foll. by to) make acquiescent or contentedly submissive to (something disagreeable or unwelcome) (was reconciled to failure). 3 settle (a quarrel etc.). 4 a harmonize; make compatible. b show the the compatibility of by argument or in practice (cannot reconcile your views with the facts) reconcilement the bringing to agreement things at variance
Reconcile I
Installation and performance in a grain store at Parc y Pratt. The inspiration came from finding the ground of the space covered with owl pellets: a barn owl was residing in the loft of the next space. I brought together the place and the story of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion (ancient Welsh legends). The story of a woman created from flowers as reward for a man, who is later punished by being banished into the night as an owl. I feel she needs to be flowers and owls. I used movement and the action of sewing owl feathers and flowers onto a hanging of black silk gauze.
The installation could only be viewed in three specific ways: through the feeder hole at the bottom, climbing the vertical ladder to the top or by looking at the mirror that over hung the space.
Reconcile II
In the barn next door I sat on a stool and sewed rosebuds and owl feathers onto my fingers. There was no barrier between the audience and me in this case.
additional text here
"And the room was full of petals from skylight and rafters, and all about them a fragrance, and petals, flowers falling, broom, meadowsweet, falling, flowers of the oak."
ointment website: events
performance & installation
reconcile /,ri:k¥n,sail/ v.tr 1 Make friendly again after estrangement. 2 (usu. in refl. or passive; foll. by to) make acquiescent or contentedly submissive to (something disagreeable or unwelcome) (was reconciled to failure). 3 settle (a quarrel etc.). 4 a harmonize; make compatible. b show the the compatibility of by argument or in practice (cannot reconcile your views with the facts) reconcilement the bringing to agreement things at variance
Reconcile I
Installation and performance in a grain store at Parc y Pratt. The inspiration came from finding the ground of the space covered with owl pellets: a barn owl was residing in the loft of the next space. I brought together the place and the story of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion (ancient Welsh legends). The story of a woman created from flowers as reward for a man, who is later punished by being banished into the night as an owl. I feel she needs to be flowers and owls. I used movement and the action of sewing owl feathers and flowers onto a hanging of black silk gauze.
The installation could only be viewed in three specific ways: through the feeder hole at the bottom, climbing the vertical ladder to the top or by looking at the mirror that over hung the space.
Reconcile II
In the barn next door I sat on a stool and sewed rosebuds and owl feathers onto my fingers. There was no barrier between the audience and me in this case.
additional text here
"And the room was full of petals from skylight and rafters, and all about them a fragrance, and petals, flowers falling, broom, meadowsweet, falling, flowers of the oak."
ointment website: events
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