{"id":2997,"date":"2011-03-27T20:08:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T20:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2012-08-21T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T10:27:04","slug":"laura-ford-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"Laura Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[lang_en]<br \/>\n<strong>Little Bird<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Princess Way<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/ford\/ford7.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" title=\"ford\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/ford\/ford8.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" title=\"ford\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/ford\/ford6.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" title=\"ford\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530\" \/><br \/>\nLaura Ford\u2019s new figurative work stands in the open space at the top of the Princess Way, a major junction and arterial route within the city centre, a waypoint that is navigated through and beyond by the people of Swansea.<br \/>\nHer sculpture is \u2018Little Bird\u2019; a figure of a lost child struck motionless, disorientated at a critical crossroad while under the gaze of the oncoming traffic of viewers.  Laura Ford creates tension within the work by giving it the posture of a child trying to be invisible whilst being uncomfortably aware that she is in full view. She is adorned in a fancy dress bird costume that could appear either as protective armour or a demonic curse. The \u2018Little Bird\u2019 hopes she will go unnoticed until she finds her way.<br \/>\n[\/lang_en]<\/p>\n<p>[lang_cy]<br \/>\n<strong>Little Bird<\/strong><br \/>\nPFfordd y Dywysoges <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/ford\/ford7.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" title=\"ford\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/ford\/ford8.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" title=\"ford\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/ford\/ford6.jpg\" alt=\"ford\" title=\"ford\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-530\" \/><br \/>\nMae gwaith ffigurol newydd Laura Ford yn y lle agored ar ben Ffordd y Dywysoges, cyffordd fawr a ffordd drwodd yng nghanol y ddinas, cyfeirbwynt y mae pobl Abertawe&#8217;n ei ddefnyddio bob dydd.<br \/>\nEi cherflun yw \u2018Little Bird\u2019; ffigur o blentyn ar goll wedi&#8217;i daro&#8217;n ddisymud, yn ddryslyd wrth groesffordd hanfodol a&#8217;r traffig o wylwyr sy&#8217;n dynesu ac yn syllu arno. Mae Laura Ford yn creu tensiwn yn y gwaith trwy roi iddo ystum plentyn sy&#8217;n ceisio bod yn anweledig ac ar yr un pryd yn anghyfforddus o ymwybodol bod pawb yn gallu ei gweld. Mae hi&#8217;n cael ei rhoi mewn gwisg aderyn ffansi a allai fod yn arfwisg amddiffynnol neu&#8217;n felltith gythreulig. Mae&#8217;r &#8216;Little Bird&#8217; yn gobeithio na fydd neb yn sylwi arni nes iddi ddod o hyd i&#8217;w ffordd.<br \/>\n[\/lang_cy] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[lang_en] Little Bird The Princess Way Laura Ford\u2019s new figurative work stands in the open space at the top of the Princess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[51,57],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-installation","category-sculpture","tag-laura-ford","tag-locws-international-2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4358,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions\/4358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}