Gas Gallery Aberystwyth.

April 28th – May 5th

Wells in the stairwell, Sources on the stairs, Water in the Window. Pipeline on the wall.

A furthering of the Ffynhonnell:Source journey this was a specially constructed, multimedia installation as part of an ongoing series of works, exploring what is left of lost and forgotten wells: part of a wider reflection on our increasingly tenuous relationship with water and where it comes from. What do we reawaken – draw up from the earth – when we visit and honour wells? How can we listen to the resonances created by such places?

Drawing from old maps, local knowledge and hand-written texts discovered in the National Library of Wales, I then found and visited twelve wells in the Aberystwyth area and collecting samples, wet and (now) dry. This was juxtaposed with work created in collaboration with artist jess Allen, a bricolage representation of the modern mystery of mains water: how we treat water on its journey from/sky/ground to tap: to make it “safe” for use or abuse. Standing between were two samples collected- by journeys on foot- from the respective sources of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol which converge at the sea in Aberystwyth.

Concept, research, design and direction – Jane LLoyd Francis

Film and audio – Sara Penrhyn Jones

– a scene from the FFynhonnell: Source installation

Drawings, pipelines, yoke walking, Creator of Drop in the Ocean – Jess Allen