Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air - Podcasts

00:08:08

Hannah Walters - Wakelin 2026

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/09/28

Hannah Walters, recipient of the Wakelin Award 2026.Hannah is a Welsh ceramic artist based at Fireworks Studios in Cardiff. Inspired by time spent working in her family’s antique centre in Pembrokeshire, her practice reworks traditional objects, collections, and ideas of value through ceramics. Working primarily with porcelain, she creates sculptural and non-functional objects. Hannah describes many of her pieces as “contemporary antiques”, objects that feel historic and newly formed. Her work

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00:12:03

Artist Frances Anderson on Art in the Sky

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/09/24

Frances Anderson is a Northumberland based artist working across print, photography, film and sculpture. Her practice is rooted in direct engagement with the natural environment, with a focus on water, movement, memory and place. As a long-distance open water swimmer, including crossings of the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar, she brings a heightened sensitivity to the rhythms and changing moods of water. Kites play a central role in Anderson’s work, activated through wind and

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00:40:47

‘Art in the Sky’ artists in conversation with...

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/08/28

Friends of the Glynn Vivian artist talkJoin Art in the Sky artists Frances Anderson, Kadek Armika, Anna Rubin and Yoh Yasuda in conversation with curator Isabel Griffin for a conversation on the making and flying of kites as sculptural works. This talk offers a unique insight into the creative processes behind these dynamic artworks, exploring how material, movement, and the changing sky transform kites into living sculpture. Sgwrs gan artist wedi’i gyflwyno gan Gyfeillion y Glynn

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00:04:04

Artist Anna Rubin on Art in the Sky

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/08/10

Anna Rubin’s practice combines making, material knowledge, and the laws of flight. Her kites are made from foil emergency blankets, a material designed to protect against wind, rain, and cold, repurposed here in a sculptural form. The title of this work is drawn from the book, Where the Wild Winds Are by Nick Hunt. Kites operates between tradition and technology, art and freedom. Their construction relies on both precise knowledge and creative intuition and an understanding of materials,

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00:03:13

Audio introduction to Last Supper by David Cushway

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/06/11

Last Supper is a film by David Cushway, made in 2012, duration 33 minutes 50 seconds. This film tests the boundaries of ceramic practice and discourse. Thirteen volunteers sit at a long rectangular table with a white tablecloth on the mezzanine of the Glynn Vivian’s grand atrium space. Behind them is the building’s imposing Edwardian Baroque style architecture. Covering the walls either side of participants are glass vitrines filled with the vast ceramics collection. It is the architecture that

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00:01:27

Cyflwyniad sain i Armageddon gan Peter Finnemore

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2026/06/11

Ffilm 1 funud a 41 eiliad o hyd gan Peter Finnemore a wnaed yn 2005 yw Armageddon. Mae’r ffilm yn dechrau gyda hisian, wrth i dân gwyllt ffrwydro y tu mewn i dŷ gwydr gardd gartref a gynhelir gan ffrâm fetel arian ryw noson tua diwedd yr haf. Mae mwg yn llenwi’r lle ac yn dianc drwy’r fynedfa i’r awyr dywyll wrth i’r tân gwyllt barhau i saethu llwybrau tanllyd euraidd i fyny tuag at do’r tŷ gwydr. Mae pigiadau euraidd yn addurno’r lle rhwng clystyrau o ffrwydradau euraidd sy’n fflachio, nes i’r

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00:07:15

Audio introduction to Come As You Really Are by...

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/06/11

Come As You Really Are is a film by Hetain Patel, made in 2024, duration 12 minutes and 2 seconds. The film explores the outstanding creativity and passion that people put into their hobbies. Depicting a range of hobbies from across the country from freestyle dance to wild swimming, cosplay, gardening, miniature railways, radio-controlled airplane model making, felting, car modifiers, collecting, miniature pottery, miniature origami and nail art. Patel wanted to bring together these seemingly

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00:07:21

Cyflwyniad sain i Come As You Really Are gan Hetain...

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2026/06/11

Ffilm 12 munud, 2 eiliad a wnaed gan Hetain Patel yn 2024 yw Come As You Really Are. Mae’r ffilm yn archwilio creadigrwydd a brwdfrydedd neilltuol pobl sy’n ymroi i’w hobïau. Mae’n dangos amrywiaeth o hobïau o bob rhan o’r wlad, o ddawnsio dull rhydd i nofio gwyllt, gwisg-chwarae, garddio, mân reilffyrdd, modelau awyrennau radio-reoledig, ffeltio, addasu ceir, casglu, mân grochenwaith, mân origami a chelf addurno ewinedd. Nod Patel oedd dod â’r hobïau cwbl wahanol hyn ynghyd a’u cysylltu’n

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00:04:32

Audio introduction to A Day at the Hunt by Ingrid Murphy

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2026/06/11

A Day at the Hunt by Ingrid Murphy, made in 2016, is a white and gold ceramic Staffordshire flatback with interactive companion film linked by QR code. It is 33 cm high and 20 cm wide and depicts Ingrid and her father Brendan as two hunters. The uncanny likeness was created through the 3D scanning & 3D printing of Ingrid and her father's heads and slip casting them onto a replica of the original Hunter flatback from the 19th Century. A flatback is a sculptural decorative figure that is three

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00:05:26

Cyflwyniad sain i A Day At The Hunt gan Ingrid Murphy

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2026/06/11

Mae A Day at the Hunt gan Ingrid Murphy, a wnaed yn 2016, yn ffiguryn Swydd Stafford ceramig gwyn ac aur sy’n cynnwys côd QR rhyngweithiol y gellir ei sganio er mwyn gwylio’r ffilm sy’n cyd-fynd ag ef. Mae'r ffiguryn yn 33cm o uchder ac yn 20cm o led ac mae'n portreadu Ingrid a'i thad Brendan fel dau heliwr. Cafodd y tebygrwydd anhygoel ei greu drwy sganio ac argraffu pennau Ingrid a'i thad ar ffurf 3D a defnyddio castin slip i'w rhoi ar ffiguryn gwreiddiol heliwr o'r 19eg ganrif. Mae ffiguryn

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00:02:37

Audio introduction to Wavy Gravy by Alex Duncan

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2026/06/11

Wavy Gravy is a 2014 film by Alex Duncan, duration 1 minute 10 seconds. This silent film was created from found and reworked video footage, depicting a sea of undulating forms with wave movements that track from the top of the screen to the bottom. It is not immediately clear what the multicoloured abstract mass is made from, its repetitive movement instead giving an almost sculptural quality. The scene is in fact an upside-down densely packed tsunami wave pool swimming experience, with bodies

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00:02:50

Cyflwyniad sain i Wavy Gravy gan Alex Duncan

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2026/06/11

Mae Wavy Gravy yn ffilm o 2014 gan Alex Duncan, sy'n para 1 funud 10 eiliad. Crëwyd y ffilm fud hon o ddeunydd fideo a gafwyd ac a ail-weithiwyd, sy'n darlunio môr o ffurfiau tonnog gyda symudiadau tonnau sy'n llwybro o frig y sgrin i'r gwaelod. Nid yw'n glir yn syth o beth y gwnaethpwyd y màs haniaethol amryliw hwn, yn lle, mae ei symudiad ailadroddus yn rhoi ansawdd sydd bron yn gerfluniol iddi. Mae'r olygfa mewn gwirionedd yn brofiad nofio mewn pwll tonnau tswnami wyneb i waered, gyda chyrff

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00:03:46

Audio introduction to [Pause] Time and Motion by...

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/06/11

[pause] Time & Motion Study is a 2012 film by Anthony Shapland, duration 9 minutes 39 seconds. The film is set within the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2011, in the period ahead of its planned closure for a multi-million-pound redevelopment and restoration project. The act of packing, of clearing, of change was underway throughout the building - in the public displays as well as in the concealed corridors and backrooms. This black and white film depicts a fictional day, made up of three parts.

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00:03:53

Cyflwyniad sain i [Pause] Time and Motion gan Anthony...

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2026/06/11

Ffilm 9 munud, 39 eiliad o hyd a wnaed gan Anthony Shapland yn 2012 yw [pause] Time & Motion Study. Mae'r ffilm wedi'i gosod yn Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian yn 2011 yn ystod y cyfnod cyn iddi gael ei chau ar gyfer prosiect ailddatblygu ac adfer gwerth miliynau o bunnoedd. Roedd y weithred o bacio, clirio a newid wedi dechrau ym mhob rhan o'r adeilad – yn yr arddangosfeydd cyhoeddus yn ogystal ag yn y coridorau cudd a'r ystafelloedd cefn. Mae'r ffilm du a gwyn hon yn portreadu diwrnod ffuglennol,

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00:04:04

Cyflwyniad sain i Last Supper gan David Cushway

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2026/06/11

Ffilm 33 munud, 50 eiliad o hyd a wnaed gan David Cushway yn 2012 yw Last Supper. Mae'r ffilm hon yn profi ffiniau arferion a thrafodaethau cerameg. Mae 13 o wirfoddolwyr yn eistedd wrth fwrdd petryalog hir â lliain bwrdd gwyn ar fesanîn atriwm mawr Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian. Mae pensaernïaeth arddull baróc Edwardaidd fawreddog yr adeilad y tu ôl iddynt. Mae cypyrddau gwydr llawn y casgliad cerameg enfawr ar y waliau y naill ochr a’r llall i'r cyfranogwyr. Dyma'r bensaernïaeth a wnaeth atgoffa

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00:04:32

Audio introduction to Sweet Wall by Cinzia Mutigli

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2026/06/11

Sweet Wall is a film installation by Cinzia Mutigli, made in 2020, which includes a repeated sugar wallpaper motif, posters printed with jam recipe, jam sandwiches and a central film, duration 19 minutes 29 seconds. The film explores the relationship between trauma and addiction, patterns of behaviour and the trade of slaves, sugar and other commodities between Britain, Africa and the Caribbean Islands. Commissioned by Jupiter Artland, Cinzia was asked to respond to and reimagine a work by

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00:04:47

Cyflwyniad sain i Sweet Wall gan Cinzia Mutigli

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2026/06/11

Gosodwaith ffilm a wnaed gan Cinzia Mutigli yn 2020 yw Sweet Wall. Mae'n cynnwys motiff parhaus papur wal siwgr, posteri sy'n dangos rysáit jam, brechdanau jam a ffilm ganolog 19 munud, 29 eiliad o hyd. Mae'r ffilm yn archwilio'r cysylltiad rhwng trawma a dibyniaeth, patrymau ymddygiad a masnach caethweision, siwgr a nwyddau eraill rhwng Prydain, Affrica ac Ynysoedd y Caribî. Cafodd Cinzia ei chomisiynu gan Jupiter Artland i ymateb i waith gan Allan Kaprow, artist perfformio Americanaidd, a'i

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00:00:21

Audio introduction to Chameleon by Helen Sear

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2026/06/11

Chameleon is a film by Helen Sear, made in 2012, duration 10 minutes and 41 seconds. This silent film begins in complete darkness in the dead of night, and gradually, a golden sunflower in full bloom, just before going to seed, emerges. Out of frame, the only light source, a single torch with adjustable focus, is used to slowly illuminate the petals that gently sway in the night’s breeze. The torch’s focus is gradually modified to intensify the light beam onto the centre of the flower. The

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00:03:19

Cyflwyniad sain i Chameleon gan Helen Sear

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2026/06/11

Ffilm 10 munud a 41 eiliad o hyd a wnaed gan Helen Sear RA yn 2012 yw Chameleon. Mae'r ffilm fud hon yn dechrau yn nhywyllwch y nos ac yn raddol mae blodyn haul euraidd agored, ychydig cyn hadu, yn ymddangos. Y tu allan i'r llun, defnyddir yr unig ffynhonnell golau, un tortsh â ffocws addasadwy, i oleuo'r petalau sy'n siglo yn ysgafn yn awel y nos. Mae ffocws y tortsh yn cael ei addasu'n raddol i ddwysáu'r paladr golau ar ganol y blodyn. Mae'r blodyn haul yn dechrau ymdebygu i lygad symudol

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00:05:15

Audio introduction to Only Your Eyes Are Unclosed by...

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air ·

2026/06/11

Only Your Eyes Are Unclosed is a 2008 film by Anthony Shapland, duration 60 minutes. The film depicts sixty urban locations around Swansea city in the hour before sunrise, radiating from a geographical centre point. The hour begins in the dead of night with a due north location in Mount Pleasant, and each subsequent location moves around the city like the hands of a clock, with a minute spent in each place before moving ever closer to dawn. The locations featured span a large area of Swansea

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