Since 2008 I have been part of this project by Maura Hazelden and Lou Laurens.
It has taken place on May 22nd at the same time and place most years since, with 2 exceptions, 1 year was lost due to admin error and one to a pandemic.
This year the date shifts and an opportunity for change arises.
https://untitled-holyhiatus.blogspot.com/
“does dim llwybr; ni sy’n ei greu wrth gerdded”
there is no path; we make the path by walking’ Antonio Machado
Mae’r digwyddiad perfformiadol hwm yn dangos sut y gellir creu, profi a rhannu gofod trothwyol, trwy ddefnyddio cyfres o symudiadau a chân o’r 13 ganrif dros gyfnod o 6 awr.
Mae pob un digwyddiad yn cynnwys perfformiad lleisiol byw a chwarae recordiad y flwyddyn flaenorol; mae’r broses yn chwyddo ymateb acwstig y gofod ac o dipyn i beth bydd yn goresgyn y recordiad blaenorol i ffurfio llun rhyfeddol mewn sain.
Maura Hazelden was commissioned by Ruth Jones in 2008 to create a work for Holy Hiatus: a series of artworks and a symposium. In collaboration with Lou Laurens she created a six hour event using repetition and stillness in the Small World Centre, then newly completed. untitled: holy hiatus is an annual ritual.
15 x 3 minute extracts from the 5 hours 30 minute point, recorded at the same time, date and place over 15 years. The 1st years recording was played and recorded the following year with added live voice. That second recording was played the following year and recorded with added voice again. This was repeated until 2012 when the additional voice was added for the last time.