catching up on November 2017: Cardiff Poetry Experiment

I was invited to read at Cardiff Poetry Experiment November 28th 2017 with John hall and Lisa Samuels. 

This is what I read:

I created Is the page like skin? ... but this is a screen of light in a new form for this event. 

In 2010 I wrote an essay on my MA Performance Writing “Folding into the Haptic”, I folded this essay up and transcribed it – this is taken from that version, using deletion, leaving whole phrases. The first paragraph is from the original.

It is somehow an introduction to me.

I sip from the Lily, written in 2017 but linking back to work on my fine art degree in 1998/99. Some themes just keep threading through.

Ysgwydd uses the text created for a surround sound piece of the same name during my MA Performance Writing.

Then I read from what was a current commission for Arcade Cardiff’s

Nid/Not writer (not) in residence: Caerdydd: Past and Presence

Spring dreams, huffing 1 & 3 [soundcloud track is slightly  longer piece and includes the listy version I read 1 and the more "expressive" alphabetical version 3 ]

Light full 1 & 3

Many thanks to Rosie for helping me finalise the order of work and to Josh for inviting me. And the terrifying panel afterwards…with Wanda - Lisa & John
And I decided to be both Flo & Maura

later...

later in the year....

NOT/NID – writer (not) in residence/ awdur (nid) yn preswylio ArcadeCardiff

My blog: Caerdydd: Past and Presence for all the work produced

The title is in here somewhere

2017

I haven't done  much by way of public work, no commissions. Spent time being me, looking at my health, looking at my possessions...waiting...
I did write a limerick about myself, as requested, for a west Wales Quakers' party in January [I did read one of my poems at the event too]:

As a poet I'm far too serious,

My subjects are often mysterious;

A bit avant garde

I find it quite hard

To keep metre and rhyme

Out of Doors - Caerdydd/Cardiff

Coming up at the end of August....
enwi'r gwyllt = naming the wild 
separate blog here

What happens when we name things?

How does it change our experience of those “things”? We see, we learn the name [either by reading or having someone tell us], we write the name and we are back into the visual – a code to translate back into the aural.

How can naming the plants change our experience of a place? How do names of plants affect how we see each different sort of plant? How much can names tell us about plants and their use and what people in the past thought of them?

Part of the life of the plant is made through photosynthesis, some plants are phototoxic or have particular photonastic attributes. Most of the inhabitants [plants, fungi, animals] of this planet are photosensitive; I am particularly so. This inspires me to use light as a basic recording material: camera-less photographic techniques such as cyanotypes and lumen prints.

Collecting plant names in English and the Brythonic languages is an ongoing project.

I lived close to Roath Park in the mid-1980s and the late 1990s.

After the event:

Can you write lists in ink pen in the rain? yes. can you make cyanotypes in the rain? yes

cyantotypes made in collaboration with Paul Hetherington

Rhod at Made in Roath October 2014

enwi'r gwyllt | naming the wild

On September 10^th 2014 I looked in the garden for wild plants  [weeds] and named them. I use plants to map my world.

Collecting plant names in English and the Brythonic languages is an ongoing project. Here I speak the English and the Cymraeg.

David Shepherd will work out where the picture labels go in the garden as I will not be able to return in person to the garden for Made in Roath.

I lived close to this road in the mid 1980s and the late 1990s.

Diolch | Thank you: Jacob Whittaker & David Shepherd

Jane Austen

Colony 14 has arrived

Maura will be showing:
Gweithio gyda | working with Jane Austen
written & spoken word

at: Bookends,
High Street Shopping Arcade Aberteifi/Cardigan SA43 IHJ
From 16th August - 1st September
Bookends is open 9.00 - 5.30 Monday - Saturday.

On the private view night [August 16th from 17,00 at all venues] Bookends will be open through until 19.30 there'll be some Jacob Whittaker master brewer wine available.

EVENTS:
Maura proposes reading events - participatory
Saturday 23rd August for elevenses
A LINK to a little snippet of elevenses with Jane
Saturday 30th August at 15.00.
Bookends can sell you a cup of tea or coffee! and if it's not raining we can sit outside...the themes will be philosophy and Jane Austen, Maura will provide books and set up reading rules and see what chance outcomes occur.

Salon de Textes Edition 2

Pride & Prejudice Movement & Letters by Way of Verbs - a reading
Delpha Hudson - curator/organiser - sits with bell in hand to stop me after 10 minutes, I was getting close to the end....

LISTEN HERE

Also showing were Working with Jane Austen Movement: Past, Possible, Present and Mention of Letters [Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion] and the short version of Pride & Prejudice.
Plus Judith Whitehouse's response to my reading Pride & Prejudice Movement & Letters by Way of Verbs [heard via a recording] and my response to Mark Leahy's "hello" This is a test", more on that HERE




Link to Salon de Textes Edition 2 April 11th 2014
 a wide range of works - live or in response to spoken word pieces.

coming up in Spring 2014: two listy things

Salon de Textes, Penzance April 11th
Pride & Prejudice Movement & Letters by Way of Verbs - a reading - see THIS POST


The Language of Lists, Text Festival,  Bury May 2nd - July 9th
Flighty Whispers, a video


“At a recent work shop on sound symbolism in Atlanta, Georgia, he reported that "wh" words associated with words that describe the production of noises such as "whisper", "whine" or "whirr", and those beginning with "fl" that tend to signal movement in the air, such as "fly" or "flail", also enjoyed this fast track in the brain's processing. Bergen concludes that these may all be forms of sound symbolism.”

Robson, D. (2011, July 16). Kiki or bouba? In search of language's missing link . New Scientist , 30-33



Flighty Whispers to Feathers from Flo Fflach on Vimeo.




A link to some images from the exhibition - a report from the exhibition - including spoken word

Links

A guided tour of some of my work, particularly relating to language.
Link to a short biography & statement [with more links to specific exhibitions]

Main archive of work [this blog]

Experiments with language, written and spoken: Chwilio am geiriau

Relating to M.A. Performance Writing: Y lle hwn, yma

from Rhôd 2012: 23 minutes of writing, 7 minutes of reading
another text  recorded live [with its own links to further information.

Fold into the Haptic: work around an essay, that has been reworked and been part of an installation for Colony 13, touch textile text fold | cyffwrdd tecstilau testun plygiadI.  have yet to make a recording of the folded essay.

A sketch for Ysgwydd  which became a surround sound work shown at Y lle hwn yma

there are many links and wanderings possible through my blogs [Lists on my flo blog are a favourite little ongoing project] and Soundcloud

Folding into the Haptic an essay and an essay reduced by folding

Colony 13

Colony 13 is half way through in Aberteifi/Cardigan, at three venues and some scatterings around the town
guided tours Friday 23rd August – 14:00 Tuesday 27th August – 14:00 open Saturday 24th August – 11:00-19:00 & Monday 26th August – 12:00-17:00

I am showing:

We Community - a written and spoken piece. [recording below]
written text is HERE



and

touch
textile
text
fold
cyffwrdd
tecstilau
testun
plygiad



this includes an essay and a rewriting of a folded essay
it is possible that Flo Fflach will blog on the exhibition as a whole, even if just with random visuals.

A set of images showing more of my work and the work from other people

the recording from Reconcile | Cysoni III at Adar in 2012

lists of flowers from which Blodeuwedd is created in English, Welsh, Breton




A link to a separate blog with more information on the project

Pride & Prejudice shortened further

By method of erasure I reduced Pride & Prejudice to descriptions pertaining to movement in, or descriptions of, space, past, present possible plus anything to do with letters – I did the same with Sense & Sensibility and Persuasion. This involves the movement of people, descriptions of rooms or houses, the drives to Pemberley, the crucial letters in each story. Pride & Prejudice was reduced further to spoken reading of 30 to 40 minutes duration – whilst still being recognisable to close readers of Jane Austen. This piece is the third layer: just the verbs of the original erasure version, the skeleton of space and movement in it – and the important letters. Is there anything recognisable to anyone else other than me? Could these be instructions for a performance?
This piece was recorded in the airing cupboard.

The work was "shown" in Dublin
Sound Devices: exploring literature through sound - Rathmines Library,
(Feb 2013) | Second in the Sound Devices podcast series. [see comments]
in a slightly different form - an introduction and finish of two chapters with a single voice, the centre section overlaid

Etsy & eBay

I have opened an Etsy shop for my work

You will find a blog about my selling follow this link
Through Etsy I will be selling photographic and hand made cards - and some bigger photographic prints...plus other papery & textile stuff

Reconcile | Cysoni III at Adar

She will be owl and flowers
Tylluan a blodau fydd hi

We know she is owl, under soft feathers there is brittle winter flora. We articulate her unfolding.

Rydyn ni’n gwybod mai tylluan yw hi, o dan y plu meddal mae planhigion brau’r gaeaf.

We name her

Gwnawn ei henwi

a sound recording, words & images: transformations, bird, plant, woman.




Also: Ysgwydd, a spoken duet to be performed at the opening



ADAR

To coincide with the BBC Springwatch return to Ynys Hîr RSPB Reserve, Capel y Graig will be hosting Adar 2012.
The Exhibition brings together works by Denis Curry, Maria Hayes and Maura Hazelden that explore the relationship between birds and humans.

Adar will be opening at 7 pm on Friday 1st June 2012 with an evening of music and performance with Julie Murphy, Lou Laurens and Cangen, a spoken duet from Maura Hazelden.

The Exhibition continues 11am - 6pm Saturday 2nd of June - Friday 8th of June. (closed Sunday) Capel y Graig is situated in the village of Furnace on the A487, 12 miles north of Aberystwyth and 6 miles south of Machynlleth.

www.capelygraig.com

Spring into summer 2012

Untitled: Holy Hiatus 5  Canolfan Byd Bychan | Small World Centre, May 22nd


site specific work at  Rhôd, Drefelin, Sir Gâr, opening June 3rd


Adar at Capel Y Graig, Ffwrnais SY20 8PQ

opening on Friday June 1st 7pm
I shall be performing the spoken duet Ysgwydd
exhibiting a sound & image work Reconcile | Cysoni III

PW12 at the Arnolfini

"Dw i'n Crwydro byd...." has had a new outing. A text created as a response to its showing in Falmouth has been added.

It was shown in the Lightroom at the Arnolfini for the Performance Writing weekend. The placing next to  Emilie O'Brian's "I'm doing this now" was thoughtful, connections of textile, body, making.

Follow this link for more information on "Dw i'n crwydro..."
A link to its showing at Contexture in Falmouth

a duel, duet, dual performance.
A reading and echoing of an erasure version of Pride & Prejudice [a link to a link for more information on the text] based on movement and space. One reads the other repeats until they can't continue, roles are swapped. Sometimes you hear the cry of mercy - that means stop and swap. A lot of laughter.
Performed with sonic artist Lou Laurens

There are photographs but due to reactions to my actions and words the copyright to show them publically has been withdrawn. 

the full unedited half hour recoding - note it was performed at the bottom of basically a very metallic stairwell!

y lle hwn, yma : this place, here

Please follow this link to y lle hwn, yma : this place, here, and exhibition in Caerdydd|Cardiff in september. Documentation of the show plus the video Flighty Whispers...

solo exhibition at Milkwood Gallery , Caerdydd | Cardiff

Tarantela yn erbyn y wâl

Tarantela yn erbyn y wâl: dawns i arbed fy mywyd cyn i mi gyrraedd 50

Tarantella against the wall: a dance to save my life before I’m 50

This work was shown in July 2011 at the Wales Dance Platform at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
and at Made in Roath, Cardiff October 2011

for fuller details of the work follow this link

croeso welcome

This will be an archive of my art work. I will create an entry for each event/exhibition and date it for the end of the month in which it occurred. it will take some time to be complete the archive, looking back in time.....

Contexture, University College Falmouth

Dw i'n crwydro'r byd yn chwilio am fy ngrud



Contexture, Woodlane Campus, University College Falmouth June 2011
woven paper on string, old paper [perhaps 40 years or more] printed, text printed on canvas.

about the creation
words printed on canvas

It was in a cube space of its own - I failed to take a photo of whole space - two people have said they will send image...but haven't...

by the accidental dropping of the D in the title, it became a question.
more words added on seing the work [it was in a lovely three sided cube...space...]



this work started its creation for Beyond Text: Making Unmaking