Reason for absence : I've gone down with shingles ( and yes thanks I am recovering!) we have just had our garden, along with four others in the area, open to the public to raise money for charities which has meant an inordinate amount of time spent out there . (The garden includes sculptures ,my own and commissioned, text art and sound installations and yes I am influenced by Ian `Hamilton Finlay's garden which is about 40 miles away).
The photograhic exhibition Children of Craig-y-nos opens tomorrow in Swansea museum. This exhibition nearly didnt happen….three weeks ago we learnt that the exhibition curator had gone off on holiday and left no instructions/information about it.
Then a member of staff recalled seeing the archive boxes in the cellar…
Fortunately Dr Carole Reeves, the historian from The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, was able to go to Wales and sort it out. She spent yesterday mounting the exhibition with the help of others involved in this community based project.
Tomorrow morning it opens officially for two months.
