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!