Gwahoddiad - An Invitation: [sut i fynd] i mewn ac allan o’r cabinet: [how to get] into and out of the cabinet 

Lleoliad/Location: Storiel, Bangor, Ffordd Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 1DT & ZOOM

Dydd Sadwrn 27.4.24 Saturday 11.00 – 16.00

 [English below]

Cyflwyniad

Cynhelir y digwyddiad hwn gan Carreg Creative,, mewn partneriaeth ag Utopias Bach ac mae’n rhan o gomisiwn gan Storiel, Bangor ac Oriel Celf Gyfoes Genedlaethol i Gymru.

Mae’n ddyddiau cynnar i’r fenter oriel celf gyfoes genedlaethol i Gymru. Fel menter genedlaethol, mae’r oriel celf gyfoes genedlaethol i Gymru yn anelu at eirioli dros bractisiau creadigol cyfoes a thyfu cynulleidfaoedd a chyfleoedd i ryngweithio, yn lleol ac yn rhyngwladol. Yn seiliedig ar fodel gwasgaredig, mae’r oriel celf gyfoes genedlaethol i Gymru yn bartneriaeth rhwng Amgueddfa Cymru, y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Oriel Myrddin yng Nghaerfyrddin, Oriel Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn Aberystwyth, Oriel Davies yn y Drenewydd, Storiel ym Mangor, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw yn Llanbedrog, Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun, Oriel Mostyn yn Llandudno, Amgueddfa ac Oriel Gelf Casnewydd ac Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian yn Abertawe. Mae’r model gwasgaredig hwn yn ddull uchelgeisiol sy’n ceisio ymateb i ddiddordebau cymunedau ac adeiladu cefnogaeth gydlynol a hyrwyddo celf gyfoes yng Nghymru ac o Gymru.

Ar gyfer ein comisiwn, mae Carreg Creative yn gwahodd pobl greadigol lle mae eu hymarfer yn canolbwyntio ar gydweithio, proses ac ymgysylltu, i gymryd rhan mewn ‘sgwrs chwilgar’ (ar-lein/yn Storiel), 27.4.24 11yb – 4yh

Bydd y ‘sgwrs chwilgar’ yn archwilio [sut i fynd] i mewn ac allan o'r cabinet. Sut gallai ein harfer ymgysylltiol fod yn berthnasol i oriel gelf gyfoes genedlaethol Cymru (gwefan Celf ar y Cyd) a chasgliad Storiel?

Introduction

This event is hosted by Carreg Creative, in partnership with Utopias Bach and is part of a commission by Storiel, Bangor and the National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales.

It’s early days for the national contemporary art gallery Wales initiative. As a national initiative, the national contemporary art gallery for Wales aspires to advocate for contemporary creative practice and to grow audiences and interaction, locally and internationally. Based on a dispersed model, the national contemporary art gallery for Wales is a partnership between Amgueddfa Cymru, National Library of Wales, the Arts Council of Wales, Oriel Myrddin in Carmarthen, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Gallery, Oriel Davies in Newtown, Storiel in Bangor, Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog, Ruthin Craft Centre, Mostyn in Llandudno, Newport Museum and Art Gallery and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. This dispersed model is an ambitious approach that seeks to respond to communities’ interests and to build cohesive support and promotion of contemporary art in and of Wales.

For our commission, Carreg Creative are inviting creatives whose practice focuses on collaboration, process and engagement* to take part in a ‘curious conversation’ (online/in Storiel) on 27.4.24 11am – 4pm

Our ‘Curious Conversation’ will explore [how to get] into and out of the cabinet. How could our engaged practice relate to the national contemporary art gallery for Wales (Celf ar y Cyd website) and Storiel’s collection?

[*The ‘outside the gallery’ nature of engaged contemporary practice often results in artefacts/art works as a parallel strand of collaborative, embodied activity which encompasses conversation, performance, film, sound and installation. These are difficult to ‘contain’ or represent within a ‘cabinet’, whether the cabinet of a website (Celf ar y Cyd) or a physical cabinet (at Storiel) and even within the ‘cabinet’ of the art world as a whole.]

 Rhaglen/Agenda

The starting point for our ‘curious conversation’ will be:

•  Mappa Mundi by Paul Davies on Celf ar y Cyd website and Michael Iwanowski’s ‘Map according to You’  on Celf ar y Cyd

•  Tan â Llif (poster BECA) by Paul Davies in Storiel’s collection

This ‘curious conversation’ will of itself be part of, and will lead into the creation of work for and beyond a ‘cabinet of curiosities’ that will be on display at Storiel for a month between May and September 2024. Part of our collective activity will involve various forms of documentation to [collect? represent? make visual?] and reflect on the nature and location of the engaged art – how is it manifest?

The day will combine bilingual discussion and creative activity, with plenty of time for breaks and individual reflection. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

1100 Arrivals and panad, welcome and introduction including exploring Tan a Llif poster Beca, Mappa Mundi by Paul Davies and Michael Iwanowski’s ‘Map according to You’, and the ‘cabinet of curiosities’

1200 Llif – Flow – exploring how do we make ‘engaged art’ and get into/beyond a cabinet

1300 Cinio/Lunch break

1400  Tân – Fire – exploring polarities, power dynamics and norms

1500 Break

1515 How does all this relate to what we do in, out of and beyond the Cabinet at Storiel?

1600  Cau/Close

Tea and coffee will be provided – please bring your own lunch

Please join our curious conversation!

To reserve your FREE place, and to let us know any access needs (including whether you want to attend in person at Storiel or online)….

Mwy o wybodaeth - More information

More information and results of our Collaboratory curious conversation (12.3.24) see here: https://www.utopiasbach.org/tan-a-llif