Reading the Landscape

An in-person symposium to explore new ways of being, perceiving, representing, and reimagining the Welsh landscape.

In-person Symposium: Reading the Landscape, organised by Miranda Whall – interdisciplinary artist, academic, and coach/mentor and the doctoral students at Aberystwyth School of Art, TFTS and Creative Writing.

In celebration of Dinas Llên, Aberystwyth and Ceredigion City of Literature, we invite you to a symposium bringing together guest speakers Ben Porter and Elinor Gwynn, chairs Zoe Quick and Heledd Wyn Hardy, and Aberystwyth University doctoral students in Visual Arts, Film and Creative Writing to explore new ways of being, perceiving, representing, and reimagining the Welsh landscape.

Event Programme

2.00pm
Welcome and Introduction

2.00pm – 3.00pm
Online Session (via Zoom)
Hosted by the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, with contributions from the National Library of Wales (LlGC), and other university special collections.

3.10pm
In-Person Session Begins

Panel 1:

Chair: Heledd Wyn Hardy
Guest Speaker: Elinor Gwynn
Pecha Kucha Presentations: PhD Students
Q&A

Break – 30 minutes

Panel 2:

Chair: Zoe Quick
Guest Speaker: Ben Porter
Pecha Kucha Presentations: PhD Students
Q&A

6.00pm - Close

Image credit: Catrin Menai

Symposiwm wyneb-yn-wyneb: Darllen y Dirwedd dan ofal Miranda Whall – artist rhyngddisgyblaethol, academydd, a hyfforddwr/mentor - a myfyrwyr doethur Ysgol Gelf Aberystwyth, Adran Astudiaethau Theatr, Ffilm a Theledu, ac Adran Saesneg ac Ysgrifennu Creadigol y Brifysgol.

I ddathlu dynodiad Aberystwyth Ceredigion fel Dinas Llên, fe’ch gwahoddir i symposiwm sy’n dwyn ynghyd ein siaradwyr gwadd Ben Porter ac Elinor Gwynn, y cadeiryddion Zoe Quick a Heledd Wyn Hardy, a'r myfyrwyr doethur i drin a thrafod ffyrdd newydd o fod, o ganfod, o gynrychioli ac ailddychmygu tirwedd Cymru.

Rhaglen y Digwyddiad

2yp
Croeso a Chyflwyniad

2yp – 3yp
Sesiwn ar-lein (trwy Zoom)
Dan ofal Ysgol Gelf Slade, Coleg Prifysgol Llundain (UCL) gyda chyfraniadau gan Lyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru a chasgliadau arbennig prifysgolion eraill.

3.10yp
Cychwyn y sesiwn wyneb yn wyneb

Panel 1:

Cadeirydd: Heledd Wyn Hardy
Siaradwr gwadd: Elinor Gwynn
Cyflwyniadau Pecha Kucha: Myfyrwyr doethur
Cwestiwn ac Ateb

Toriad – 30 munud

Panel 2:

Cadeirydd: Zoe Quick
Siaradwr gwadd: Ben Porter
Cyflwyniadau Pecha Kucha: Myfyrwyr Doethur
Cwestiwn ac Ateb

6yh – Diwedd

Credyd delwydd: Catrin Menai