Iwan Bala & Menna Elfyn: Fieldnotes

Maps have always been a source of inspiration for Iwan Bala.
Their intrigue lies in their multiple meanings and their potential
for subjective (re)interpretation. The map combines imagery
and word in a meaningful and harmonious relationship. For
this exhibition, it is this very dialogue that brought together
artist Iwan Bala, and poet and playwright Menna Elfyn. She
comments “…writing is all about field-work…we know too well
that we are only passing through as we sub-consciously make
our own personal field-notes”. Iwan Bala and Menna Elfyn have
collaborated, bringing words and images together; the pieces
on show are his field-notes, in response to her poems. This
exhibition offers an insight into their mutual fascination with
‘lifting and sifting’ through cae hir (long field).

Friday 6 January 7pm
To be opened by Professor M Wynn Thomas,
Emyr Humphreys Chair of Welsh Writing in English, Swansea University

Friday 6 January at 6pm
Iwan Bala & Menna Elfyn (before the official opening)
Artist and Poet in conversation

Saturday 28 January at 2pm
Iwan Bala in conversation with Osi Rhys Osmond, artist, lecturer and writer
‘The Janus Muse’

Saturday 11 Feb at 2pm
Mike Parker, author and broadcaster
‘The Size of Wales’