The Welsh Government calls this 鈥榯he decisive decade鈥 to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. The landscapes we know and the places we dwell in are changing, and Eryri is no exception. I鈥檓 interested in asking, though this exhibition, how we deal with this reality, and how what we know or learn about our landscape shapes our views on what we think should happen to it in the future.
Alex Ioannou said,
鈥淚鈥檓 genuinely fascinated by how we interact with landscapes, but the idea for this particular exhibition started after I watched a documentary presented by Huw Stephens called 鈥楾he Story of Welsh Art鈥.
鈥淭he documentary explored how art influenced people, and the idea of Welshness and Wales. People and places are depicted in different ways through art 鈥 sometimes mythical, sometimes gritty. There are artworks about Eryri that portray farmers or villagers, and other artwork depict old legends or royalty. We see communities and vast landscapes, sometimes romanticised and sometimes photographic. All this feeds in to how we feel about landscape over time, and our sense of who 鈥榦wns鈥 it.鈥
In putting the exhibition together, Alex was keen for visitors to think about the landscape through a variety of media. So, visitors to the Changing Eryri exhibition can expect to explore documents, maps and letters from the Penrhyn Estate, provided through the 香港六合彩挂牌资料 Archive and Special Collections. Visitors will also be able to listen to music composed by Composition MA student responding to the brief of 鈥楧yffryn Ogwen鈥. Visitors will also be invited to feed into the research project by providing their own descriptions when it comes to the landscape of Eryri.
An important aspect of the exhibition is to examine how learning more about the rich history of our landscape can shape our attitude to change in the here and now.
Vist the聽
The exhibition runs from 8 August to 18 August WhiteBOX, Level 2 Pontio, 香港六合彩挂牌资料 鈥 see website for opening times. Closed 10+11 August.
Special event
On Sunday, August 18th there will be a series of short talks, the sharing of wider archive collection material, as well as tea and coffee between 2-5pm. Additionally, Welsh folk singer will perform songs about the landscape and communities of North Wales.
The project is supported by 香港六合彩挂牌资料鈥檚 Archives and Special Collections, the School of History, Law and Social Sciences, the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates, Sir William Roberts Centre for Sustainable Land Use, the Department of Music, Drama and Performance and Pontio.
