[lang_en]There Is Nothing Left Of The Sea But Its Sound
Unit 1a, National Waterfront Museum Square
Tanya Axford’s artwork stems from her discovery of Swansea’s rich maritime history and in particular the city’s relationship to the dramatic and powerful impact of the sea. She sees this within elements of Swansea’s regeneration and ‘reinvention’ and specifically with the redevelopment of the LC, the newly revamped Swansea Leisure Centre.
The LC, a multi-faceted water park, has taken the natural phenomenon of the sea that is unpredictable, wild and unmanageable, and created a compact version that is highly controllable making the ‘drama’ of the sea safe and entertaining.
Axford has created a video installation that plays with this relationship, giving an illusion of the sea as a storm emerges. Accompanied by a dramatic soundtrack, the waves reach a crescendo and, as the piece continues, the true landscape is revealed.
Tanya Axford was born in Kent and lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Axford completed a BA Fine Art at Newcastle University and a MA Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London and is currently represented by Workplace Gallery, Gateshead.
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There Is Nothing Left Of The Sea But Its Sound
Uned 1a, Sgwâr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau
Mae gwaith Tanya Axford yn tarddu o ddatgelu hanes morol cyfoethog Abertawe a pherthynas y ddinas yn arbennig ag effaith dramatig a phwerus y môr. Mae’n gweld hyn o fewn elfennau adfywio ac ‘ail-greu’ Abertawe ac yn benodol gydag ailddatblygiad LC, Canolfan Hamdden
newydd sbon Abertawe.
Mae LC, parc dŵr amlochrog, yn cyfleu rhyfeddod naturiol y môr sy’n annarogan, yn wyllt ac yn anhydrin, ac yn creu fersiwn gryno y gellir ei rheoli wrth wneud ‘drama’r’ môr yn ddiogel ac yn ddifyrrus.
Mae Axford wedi creu fideo sy’n chwarae â’r berthynas hon, gan roi darlun o’r môr wrth i storm ddechrau. Mae trac sain dramatig yn gefndir i’r fideo, ar ôl i’r tonnau gyrraedd uchafbwynt, ac wrth i’r darn barhau mae’r tirlun go iawn yn cael ei ddatgelu.
Ganwyd Tanya Axford yng Nghaint ac mae’n byw ac yn gweithio yn Newcastle upon Tyne.
Cwblhaodd Axford BA mewn Celfyddyd Gain ym Mhrifysgol Newcastle ac MA mewn Celfyddyd Gain yng Ngholeg Goldsmiths, Llundain ac ar hyn o bryd, mae’n cael ei chynrychioli gan Oriel Workplace,
Gateshead.
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