Printiau ffotograffig du a gwyn, datblygwr negatifau gan ddefnyddio eco- brosesydd wedi'i wneud o wymon a gasglwyd o arfordir Pen Llŷn.
Black and White photographic prints, negatives developer using an eco-processor made using seaweed gathered from the Pen Llŷn coastline.
64cm x 57cm
Mae Gabriella Rhodes a Benjamin Green wedi cyflwyno gosodiad cydweithredol ar gyfer comisiwn Coed Coexist sy’n dod â ffilmio analog ac ymarfer cerfluniol ynghyd trwy waith maes parhaus, ymatebol i’r lleoliad ar hyd arfordir clogwyni clog-glai Pen Llŷn. Mae’r gwaith yn archwilio themâu cyd-fyw, cyd-greu, a meddwl amlrywogaeth, gan roi pwyslais ar sut mae tirweddau’n dod i’r amlwg trwy ryngweithiadau parhaus rhwng systemau daearegol, ecolegol a diwylliannol.
Mae’r prosiect wedi’i wreiddio mewn methodoleg a rennir, sy’n cael ei lywio gan fapio dwfn a daearyddiaethau mwy-na-dynol. Mae’r gwaith maes wedi cyfuno gwrando dwfn gan ddefnyddio hydroffonau, recordio sain amgylchynol 360°, ffotograffiaeth analog, delwedd symudol, braslunio, ymchwil archifol, ac astudiaethau deunydd. Mae pridd clai-gyfoethog a gasglwyd o lithriadau arfordirol, gwellt a gafwyd yn lleol, a gwymon a gasglwyd o’r penrhyn yn ffurfio sail ddeunyddiol y gwaith, gan bwysleisio dulliau cynaliadwy, penodol i’r safle a phrosesau gofal.
Mae Rhodes yn creu cyfres o ffurfiau cerfluniol clom wedi’u gwneud o wellt a chlai clogwyn o Ben Llŷn. Mae’r cerfluniau hyn yn gweithredu fel ymatebion haniaethol i gyfarfyddiadau â thirweddau’r penrhyn, gan gyfeirio at fryniau tonnog, ffurfiau cymylau, a rhythmau llanw, yn ogystal â thraddodiadau adeiladu clom lleol. Wedi’u pigmentu â siarcol wedi’i falu o goed ffawydd sydd wedi syrthio neu eu gadael yn lliwiau naturiol y clai, mae’r gweithiau’n cyd-fynd â phrofion deunydd a samplau sy’n datgelu eu cyfansoddiad daearegol a’u prosesau creu.
Mae Green yn cynhyrchu dwy ffilm 16mm sy’n canolbwyntio ar eiliadau o drawsnewid a gorgyffwrdd rhwng tir a môr, yn ogystal ag erydiad a symudiad dŵr drwy glogwyni arfordirol. Caiff y ffilmiau eu taflunio o fewn y gosodiad ac maent wedi’u hymgorffori’n ffisegol trwy stribedi ffilm wedi’u prosesu sy’n cael eu plethu o amgylch y cerfluniau ac yn cael eu hongian rhyngddynt. Wrth i’r elfennau ffilm hyn gronni llwch a chrafiadau dros amser, mae eu dirywiad graddol yn adlewyrchu prosesau naturiol o erydiad ac adnewyddu.
Gyda’i gilydd, mae’r gweithiau’n ffurfio gosodiad sy’n esblygu lle mae cerflun a delwedd symudol yn aros mewn deialog. Mae arsylwadau maes a phrofion deunydd ar gael i’w gweld ochr yn ochr â’r gosodiad, gan bwysleisio ei natur berthynol, sy’n cael ei harwain gan broses, ac yn gwahodd myfyrdod ar gyd-ddibyniaeth, cyd-fyw, a chyd-ffyniant ar draws bydoedd dynol a mwy-na-dynol.
I gael rhagor o gyd-destun, ewch i https://gabriellarhodes.com/Coed-Coexist i archwilio canllawiau maes, mapiau, a dogfennaeth o’r lleoliadau hyn.
Gabriella Rhodes and Benjamin Green have presented a collaborative installation for their Coed Coexist commission that brings together analogue filmmaking and sculptural practice through sustained, place-responsive fieldwork along the boulder-clay coastline of Pen Llŷn. The work explores themes of cohabitation, co-creation, and multi-species thinking, foregrounding how landscapes emerge through ongoing interactions between geological, ecological, and cultural systems.
The project is grounded in a shared methodology informed by deep mapping and more-than-human geographies. Fieldwork has combined deep listening using hydrophones, 360° ambient sound recording, analogue photography, moving image, sketching, archival research, and material studies. Clay-rich soils collected from coastal landslips, locally sourced straw, and seaweed gathered from the peninsula form the material basis of the work, emphasising sustainable, site-specific approaches and practices of care.
Rhodes is creating a series of clom-based sculptural forms made of straw and boulder clays from Pen Llŷn. These sculptures function as abstract responses to encounters with the peninsula’s landscapes, referencing undulating hills, cloud formations, and tidal rhythms, as well as local clom-building traditions. Pigmented with crushed charcoal from a fallen beech tree or left in the natural colours of the clay, the works are accompanied by material tests and samples that reveal their geological composition and making processes.
Green is producing two 16mm films that focus on moments of transition and overlap between land and sea, as well as the erosion and movement of water through coastal cliffs. The films are projected within the installation and physically incorporated through processed film strips that are woven around and suspended between the sculptures. As these film elements accumulate dust and scratches over time, their gradual degradation mirrors natural processes of erosion and renewal.
Together, the works form an evolving installation in which sculpture and moving image remain in dialogue. Field observations and material tests are available to view alongside the installation, emphasising its relational, process-led nature and inviting reflection on interdependence, cohabitation, and co-flourishing across human and more-than-human worlds.
Go to https://gabriellarhodes.com/Coed-Coexist for access to field notes, images, maps, and further documentation from the collection sites.