Dod yn ôl at fy nghoed
Art installation with performance
6-8pm with live vocal performance at 7pm. - Pay what you can £3 or more
A celebration of mess, bats, decay, and darkness we traditionally fear in an immersive, batty evening of film and music.
The Welsh language idiom ‘Dod yn ôl at fy nghoed’ translates literally as ‘coming back to my trees’ but is understood to mean ‘coming back to one’s senses’.
This one-night installation of film and animated works at Small World Theatre with live performance from members of Teifi Valley Improvisation group and other singers responds to the particular woodland environment of Coed Pengelli home to one of Wales’ rarest species.
The Barbastelle is a rare and elusive bat, in the family Vespertilio, sensitive to light and sound and Coed Pengelli is one of the few places in Wales where it is at home.
The Barbastelle favour the messy habitat of ancient woodland where dead and decaying matter is not cleared.
As part of Natur am Byth! Wales’ species recovery programme, Martha Orbach, Rowan O’Neill, Jacob Whittaker, Kinora Wellbeing Centre and Teifi Valley Improvisation developed a series of works considering how we orientate ourselves within our environment; exploring ‘weaving ourselves back in’; a response to the Barbastelle’s precarious home-making.
For more details or to get in touch:
Barbastelle Bat Project: Vincent Wildlife Trust
Kinora Wellbeing Centre 01239 612 056,
Teifi Valley Improvisation: sarahwr93@gmail.com,
Martha Orbach
Rowan O’Neill |
Jacob Whittaker
Coppicewood College
Natur am Byth
This work was commissioned as part of Martha Orbach’s residency with Natur Am Byth! A project by Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru.
