Mae ymarfer celf gyfoes drochol yn y gymuned wastad wedi wynebu cyfyng gyngor moesegol ac athronyddol, nid lleiaf pan fydd partneriaid niferus yn dymuno cyd-gynhyrchu a churadu. Gwahoddwn chi yn gynnes i ymuno â ni yn ein CPRN yn Sain Ffagan, lle byddwn ni'n archwilio cwestiynau gonestrwydd ymchwil, cyfranogiad cymunedol a chelf. Mae'r CPRN arbennig hwn yn rhan o Ŵyl y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol yr ESRC, mewn cydweithrediad ag ArtStation ac Amgueddfa Cymru.

Gwireddwyd gosodwaith Anchor Peoples drwy ymdrechion cyfunol Artist, Curadur, Academydd ac Actifydd Cymunedol, yn cydweithio gyda dau gorff angor cymunedol blaenllaw yn ne Cymru. Wrth ddatblygu'r gwaith celf, mae pob un o'r pedwar parti wedi ceisio gosod eu setiau eu hunain o werthoedd ac uniondeb gweithrediadol, sydd ar adegau wedi arwain at densiynau creadigol a thrafodaethau tanbaid am, er enghraifft, ddiben, proses, awduraeth, perchnogaeth ac yn y pen draw, gonestrwydd.

Byddwn yn dechrau gydag esboniad o'r modd y daeth y gosodwaith (y bydd cyfle i chi ei weld ar y dydd) â'r materion hyn i'r golwg ac yn trafod sut mae'r rhain yn taro tant gyda phrofiadau aelodau CPRN eu hunain. Bydd hyn yn gefndir beirniadol i'r sesiwn olaf ar rôl a statws gwrthrychau o'r fath mewn lleoliad fel Amgueddfa Werin Sain Ffagan, yn eu rôl ddeuol fel gwaith celf a ffenomena cymdeithasol.

Gwahoddwn chi i ymuno â ni wrth i ni drafod y nodweddion beirniadol sy'n effeithio ar ddilysrwydd celf mewn ymchwil; rôl offeryniaeth a goblygiadau i werthoedd cynhyrchu celf; ystyriaethau 'ansawdd' a tharddiad y gelfyddyd a gynhyrchir pan gaiff ei hymrwymo i fodel cyfranogiad cymunedol. Gwahoddwn y CPRN hefyd i ystyried sut gall gweithiau celf o'r natur hon gael lle yng nghanon casgliadau amgueddfa ac archifau. Pan fydd gonestrwydd artistig ac ystyr cysyniadol y gwaith yn gorwedd mor gadarn mewn datblygu cymunedol ac effaith cymdeithasol, ydy celf gyfoes a modelau ac arferion caffael amgueddfa prif ffrwd yn gallu cynnwys a gwerthfawrogi'r gwerth anghyffyrddadwy hwn o fewn mesuriadau esthetig cyfredol?

Darperir cinio yn dilyn y digwyddiad.

Immersive community-based contemporary art practice has always been fraught with ethical and philosophical dilemmas, not least when multiple partners wish to co-produce and curate. We warmly invite you to join us in our upcoming CPRN at St. Fagans, where we will explore questions of the integrity of research, community participation and art. This special CPRN is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, in collaboration with ArtStation and the National Museum of Wales.

The Anchor Peoples installation was realised through the combined efforts of an Artist, a Curator, an Academic and a Community Activist, working in conjunction with two leading community anchor organisations in South Wales. In the process of developing the artwork, each of the four parties have sought to instil their own respective sets of values and operational probity, which at times has led to creative tensions and heated discussion about, for example, purpose, process, authorship, ownership and ultimately, integrity.

We will start with an exposition of how the installation, (which you will have the opportunity to view on the day), brought these issues into light, and explore how these resonate with CPRN members’ own experiences. This will provide critical backdrop to a final session on the role and status of such objects in a setting such as St Fagan’s National Museum of History, in their dual role as artwork and social phenomena.

We invite you to join us as we discuss the critical factors that impact on the veracity of art in research; the role of instrumentalism and the implications for art production values; ‘quality' considerations; and the provenance of the art produced when committed to a community participation model. We also invite the CPRN to consider how artworks of this nature may fit within the canon of museum collections and archives. When the artistic integrity and conceptual meaning of the work lies so firmly in community development and social agency, are mainstream contemporary art and museum acquisition models and practices able to accommodate and appreciate this intangible value within current aesthetic metrics?

Lunch will be provided afterwards.

*Artwork reproduced here with permission from ArtStation

Ymchwil, Celf a Chymuned/Research, Art and Community