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A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd Art Lab
Gary Snyder writes of art and performance in relation to ideas of gift exchange (Back on the Fire 2007) and to me this captures the spirit of our Art Lab. This first image shows jam, made by Eve Thomas from […]
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A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd Art Lab
This post is mainly about my own arts process intermingled with co-produced pieces, as shown in A Private Land Art Lab. Take a look at Susan Adams for the work she developed. Although I no longer work as an art […]
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A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd Art Lab
The final events of our project are close at hand now. If you’re in the Brecon area, do come along and join us!
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A Private Land at Talgarth Festival
Participants at the workshops at Brecon & District Mind told us about a tiny but packed museum in the Old Post Office in Talgarth which they thought would have artifacts relating to A Private Land. So we made a visit […]
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A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd: working together
In the last couple of months our project has moved into a phase of intense activity with our project partners – and especially with Brecon and District Mind. The first step in planning a series of workshops was to meet […]
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Meeting with Mel Brimfield
We are lucky enough to have the mentoring support of artist Mel Brimfield, with one meeting held at the beginning of the project and another to come later. For those not familiar with Mel’s practice, it represents a fabulous cornucopia […]
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A Private Land at Powys Archives
In mid-March Susan Adams and I went to Powys Achives in Llandrindod Wells to see some of their extensive archive relating to the Mid-Wales Hospital, Talgarth. Weeks after our visit we are still moved and inspired by the images, reports […]
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Glenside Hospital Museum
Before our decision to work together on A Private Land, we knew the Glenside Hospital Museum housed a fascinating collection mostly relating to the history of mental health care and specifically Glenside Hospital, set within the grounds of the buildings […]
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Untitled blog post from "A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd"
Before we say more about our project and partners in it, we’ll introduce ourselves and give some examples of previous related work. Susan Adams and I are both posting about the project – sometimes shared material, sometimes different. Take a […]
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Binocular: next phase
Penny Hallas lives in Llangattock, Wales. Caroline Wright lives in Kettleburgh, Suffolk. Their shared concerns are realised in work that explores the position and experience of the insider and outsider, to challenge ideas through artwork, exchange and display of objects, […]
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Untitled blog post from "BINOCULAR"
The a-n professional bursary has now come to an end, but relationships and projects it has supported continue, so there will be more posts on this blog. So for now – warm thanks to Yasmin Canvin, Caroline Wright and Dr. […]
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Binocular: disturbance continued
The third and final presentation for the Test Bed show at Oriel Davies Gallery is now on view until 7th January 2017. It has been a fascinating journey towards the personal presentation of the work for the Test Bed gallery. The […]