A Private Land / Tir Diarffordd was a collaborative research and development project exploring geographical and psychological territories and the nature of the external and internal boundaries that may protect and / or restrict us.
The focus was on the former Mid-Wales Hospital in Talgarth, crumbling and slowly being taken over by nature - a site of intense and complex emotional resonance for many different communities and groups. Entering imaginatively into the site and the hidden stories it suggests, we invited the voices of people who have experienced mental health issues there or do so currently in the community.
A full account of all the collaborations, workshops and participatory events can be seen on
a-n artist-information company blog. The project and collaborations gave rise to multiple visual responses (described in another post on the a-n blog) but I also found myself turning to video as a way of channelling some of the very profound feelings evoked by the site and histories associated with it.
The video sequence is in the form of 6 chapters, and is dedicated to the memory of over 1000 former residents, whose unmarked graves lie below a jumble of vegetation, and a disused car park. Chapter 4 - Shelter / Noddfa can be seen here. Below are a few stills from the full 30 minute video
Search / Chwilio
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