Stream Drawing // 10m paper // pigment collected from excavation of reed site // mixed with stream water

Dragging the Weight // dragging the 10m stream drawing to the transitional place

The Burning // destroying the exposed information // pigment exposure

the separated piece of the 10m stream drawing // preserved in oil // Jan 19

destroying the separated piece // push and pull translations of destruction and preservation

Salt Water Bathing // preservation method number 2 // a week in the salt bath

final method of preservation and equal destruction // to preserve the pulped paper

displaying the working collaborators //

 

soil sample // gloves for excavation // clay sample // reeds // brush // film canisters // exposed film // matches // ash // unburnt paper

// working  t e x t // [neges i’r brenin]

I RYDDHAU //

TO UNLEASH.

YR AMDDIFFYNWR // THE PROTECTOR.

Y SYLFAEN (i amsugno) //

THE FOUNDATION (to absorb).

Y GWAS FFYDDLON //            THE FAITHFUL SERVANT.

I DDATGELU DIM //

TO EXPOSE NOTHINGNESS.

I RANNU //

TO SHARE.

I DDINISTRIO    //

TO DESTROY.

I GOFIO //

TO

REMEMBER.

I WERTHFAWROGI CRYFDER // TO APPRECIATE STRENGTH.

preserving the collaborators // pickling

[site 1]

[site 2]

[site 3]

[site 4]

Buried Film // 4 film rolls // exposed at night // buried in 4 sites around the reed prone ground // to expose // to translate

Film Drawings // translation of the exposed film

//

soil pigment from the reed site on rag paper

Clustiau Brenin March

The king born with the ears of a steed // known only to his barber and his late parents // the barber would be executed if the secret be exposed through his lips // the sickness of the secret grew, rendering the barber weak // told to speak the secret to the earth // secret spoken to the passing reeds // a passing piper, preparing for the king's banquet, harvests strands of the reeds for his pipe // the banquet: the playing of the reed instrument // when played, the silenced words fill the hall // the king, violence ridden, extends his arm in preparation to smite the piper, but is welcomed with laughter and relief through his being.

Date: Nov 18 - Mar 19