Hello again

With good (very hot) weather still with us, I thought I’d share a couple of bits of exhibition news shared with me since the last edition of this Newsletter.

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YN Y TIR

Now showing in Ffoto Newport

Yn y Tir is a group exhibition by Ffion Denman who depicts the landscapes of post-industrial Wales; and Matthew Harry who’s photographic practice focuses upon infrastructure and its intertwining with communities. Both explore Wales’ relationships, past and present, with the land and how this has influenced culture, community and language.

The ‘Yn Y Tir’ Private View opened on Friday 5 August.
Thanks to Offline Journal contributor Peter Evans for the photographs!

Artists Statement:

The story of industry in Wales is one of extraction from the land.
Slate from the north roofed the world, hued from the misty mountains of ancient legend. Providing as hard-wearing a product as the land's inhabitants. Iron ore all over the world came to be smelted in the white-heat of Port Talbot's flames. One of passion which burns brightly, a culture rich of smiths of both steel and words.

To transport these goods, great railway networks were built. Running to the coast, exporting these products around the globe. In the post-industrial Wales we now live in, the sound of holltwr’s might well have fallen silent over the mountains of Snowdonia. Only to be replaced by the sound of tourists in the now world heritage site.

The workforce at Port Talbot might have dwindled from its historical highs, but hasn't stopped the flow of steel from the blast furnaces – becoming a focal point for the town's creative talent.

And the once grand railway network was culled to a few major routes and branch lines. Those permanent ways became the foundation for today's bypasses, providing new super highways for the hi-tech industries of today.

The extraction from the land continues, the story never truly ending.

YN Y TIR
Ffion Denman & Matthew Harry
5 - 27 August 2022 (Private View 5 August 5.30 - 8.30pm)
Ffoto Newport, Newport
www.facebook.com/FfotoNewport

DOC CYMRU

Showing now until 29 August in Galeri, Caernarfon

Since Doc Cymru announced their formation in January 2021 intent on documenting the effects of Brexit on Wales, the Welsh Collective have had all manner of challenges (along with the rest of us) to contend with. As we’ve all discovered, the new phenomenon on ‘Lockdown’ isn’t exactly conducive to photographing people in their home or work environments.

Determined to give a flavour of their individual project themes thus far, the four-member collective comprising Kristina Banholzer, Glenn Edwards, Rhodri Ellis-Jones & Roger Tiley are currently showing a selection of prints on the walls in the Galeri art space in Caernarfon.

DOC CYMRU: BREXIT PROJECT
Rhodri Ellis-Jones, Glenn Edwards, Roger Tiley & Kristina Banholzer20 July - 29 August 2022
Galeri, Caernarfon
www.galericaernarfon.com