Special Feature: Mappening Wales – A Performative Triptych
Mappening I a pile of horse Manure– Map of Wales
We invite you for joining us when we re-explore arts practices by two seminal Fluxus artists: Welsh artist Paul Davies (1947-1993) and Icelandic-German artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998). Paul Davies‘s Maps of Wales, often co-created with his brother Peter Davies, emerged from assemblages of various materials, ranging from objet trouvé to the grainy sand of the Anglesey coast (see also our invitation to a walk around Llyn Alaw where Davies’ Muddy Map of Wales is waiting to be rediscovered). Roth shared this interest in odd materials, most famously and notoriously his assemblages in cheese, salami and bread moulding into representations of a romantic sunset. Davies artistic stands to Wales as a nation and Roth‘s interest in the metabolism of art is shared by a group of contemporary artists based in north Wales. They invite us to the Pentraeth farm Hendre for a co-creating a 2022 Map of Wales from an organically grown dung hill. Please wear appropriate clothing. Gloves will be provided. You are welcome to bring tools such as shovels, spades, dungfork or other. Families welcome.