http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:25:28 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3481/brg-one-day-collective http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3481 http://www.culturecolony.com/videos?id=12731 ONE DAY COLLECTIVE is a project by BRG
that took place on the 24th March 2013 throughout
public spaces in Cardiff. BRG is a practical
investigation and research group focusing on
collaborative processes. ONE DAY COLLECTIVE was part of 'Intercourse'
a project curated by Elbow Room that explores
participation as an artform.

ONE DAY COLLECTIVE is:
Rosie Benn-Squire
Elen Llwyd Roberts
Georgia Hall
Sara Hexter
Leo Garcia
Jess Matthews ]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:12:52 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3480/the-cellar-bards http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3480
The Cellar Bard group has a thriving and active facebook site, with over 140 members from across Britain and the wider world, a large percentage of whom regularly post their work and offer support to other writers. In this way, the community exists both in the "real" world and in the virtual one. Watch performances from the bards on Culture Colony - http://www.culturecolony.com/videos?id=12827 ]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:08:24 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3479/sean-harris-through-the-umber-glass-at-oriel-mwldan-aberteifi http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3479 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:03:41 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3478/who-is-this-who-is-coming-absent-but-not-forgotten-at-be-our-guest-oriel-davies-newtown http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3478 Absent But Not Forgotten is an ongoing collaborative art project between west Wales artists, Kathryn Campbell Dodd and Jacob Whittaker. Belief in the paranormal can be controversial; but there is a strong human desire to find pattern and meaning in the unexplained. Absent But Not Forgotten uses video and sound experiments, textiles, furniture and technical objects to evoke the world of ghost hunting through site-specific installations. The project considers the associations, clichs and influences of TV and films on the phenomenon. Exploring the aesthetic language of ghost hunting, paranormal documentary and horror film, the work questions the urge towards paranormal interpretations for uncanny or unexplainable phenomena and makes parallels between the obsessive nature of processing the data from paranormal experiments and the artists creative process. Be our guest, Oriel Davies, Newtown.
29 June 2013 - 04 September 2013
Who is this who is coming takes as a starting point the idea of the haunted B&B; many such establishments are rumoured to have a resident ghost and indeed, it is often a selling point to prospective visitors.

This new installation references the classic 1968 television play Whistle and Ill Come to You directed by Jonathan Miller from the original ghost story written by MR James in 1904. It features the breakfast scene in a guest house whereby an empirically minded Cambridge Professor declares his scepticism regarding the supernatural but later comes to find himself prey to a terrifying otherworldly force.
The plays simple but haunting treatment conjures an atmospheric cautionary tale which warns against the rigidity of fixed academic opinions as the professor illustrates with his self-satisfied corruption of Shakespeares quotation from Hamlet, There are more things in philosophy than are dreamt of in heaven and earth* * There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Hamlet (1.5.166-7) ]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:39:56 +0100 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3262/chris-nurse-fffffffffff http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3262 Watch a short documentary video here Liz Whittaker reviews - Artist Chris Nurses latest exhibition, newly opened at Oriel Mwldan is full of thoughtful, stimulating ideas. However, because the thread which binds the various pieces of work together is tenuous and thus open to multiple interpretation, one review cannot claim to do it justice. Experiencing the variety of exhibits, there is a sense of being drawn back into memories of the military pictures first seen in childhood; of the Kings Guards in fairy stories, and Disney films. The gorgeously uniformed, unlikely army, march across a battlefield map accompanied by serene floating ducks and scampering girl guides, all recalling a long ago dreamworld and yet, there is something about the military feel of it all that is adult, especially where death appears, suddenly and in garish garb. Autobituaries connected to real lives from a bygone age, are augmented with flashing lights, bright and beautiful, but they are about real deaths, and their connection with death is ambivalent, celebratory and simulateously less than significant. Also they seem familiar, seen in passing in films, resembling signposts on an American freeway, or in a road movie, where what they advertise is entertainment, food, or even fuel. Read More Here Saturday 2 March - Saturday 13 April 2013
Dydd Sadwrn 2 Mawrth - Dydd Sadwrn 13 Ebrill 2013


Admission to Oriel Mwldan is free. Opening times are 10am - 8pm daily.
Mae Mynediad i Oriel Mwldan am ddim. Ar agor o 10yb - 8yh bob dydd. ]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:27:53 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3226/cam-or-tywyllwch http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3226 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:41:50 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3213/ein-lle-ni-open-space-sgwrs-gelfyddydol-arts-conversation http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3213 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:50:31 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3130/emrys-williams-raft http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3130 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:44:27 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3129/pitch-arts-and-culture-in-wales http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3129 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:36:31 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3013/4-vinyl-films-now-on-culture-colony http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/3013 Screened as a series in Aberystwyth in 'The Box', they provide a nostalgic look at found and faulty hifi equipment, questioning sentimentality and reverence towards both music and past technology. Tying Tone Arms (02:42) wach here

(This film was made in response to a call for short films on the theme of restriction and was first shown as part of the Real Institutes 'Really Restrictive Shorts' event, Llangollen, 13/01/07. Subsequently it has also screened at various events and locations nationally including Shunt Vaults, Mission Gallery, and Aberystwyth Arts Centre.) Restrictions are fundamental to my work. This film focuses on the most obvious physical restriction. My work generally uses found objects, and my aim is to use them, as much as is possible, in the state in which they are found. Basic repairs are made merely to achieve some sound, with any problems leading to their being discarded playing an important part of the composing process. With turntables I often then intervene further by tying the tone arm back in order to interrupt normal play. The work is then produced live without headphones or post-production, using randomly selected loops from often randomly selected records. By making work in this way I hope to reassess the nature of the objects and their useful life, explore memory and notions of musical consistency and examine the ontology of recorded sound. This study of a fundamental part of my composing process is accompanied by a mix of randomly selected loops from randomly selected records. Shaky (03:22) watch here

Looks at a particular fault of an old Alba hifi found by a friend some years ago. The audio is from the camera mic. Panaround (05:14) watch here

A single long pan around the studio, cutting to details on the beat of the loop. The a udio is the stuck record shown playing, Bauhaus 79-83 Side 1 (a 'natural' loop, ie not tied) recorded on camera mic. 15 Fragments (02:36) watch here

15 fragments of webcasts in one short.
The duration is dictated by the lower middle screen, a Sony PS-212A playing a Calibre record. Calibre records are unique recordings made in public recording booths. The audio is a digital remix of all the individual webcast soundtracks. ]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:06:49 +0000 http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/2988/culture-colony-y-wladfa-newydd http://americymrunet.jamroomhosting.com/jacob-whittaker/blog/2988 Culture Colony - Y Wladfa Newydd is a new cultural experience celebrating the diversity ofexpression and a space for sharing and developing creative ideas. It has been designed as both a professional tool for individuals and businesses involved in the creative industries and as an alternative to television for anyone to access cultural content. As an independent voice and its membership can respond immediately to the cultural issues and concerns of the day.

Earlier this year Culture Colony began a project called New Frontiers - The project will build on the core ideals of Culture Colony, namely to explore the potential offered by new communications technologies and to create high quality content to share via the new communications technologies. The research, while providing a basis for exploration by the creative industries will also create a structure for the New Frontiers training programme. Based on current and evolving practice, with regard to documentary film making in the broadcast industry and the emerging arena of the internet, combined with ideas generated through the research placement, the training programme will be designed to give the trainees a broad practical film making experience.
A strand of the New Frontiers research phase led to a series of videos and recordings with artists working in Wales. The training phase is now well underway and includes filmed talks by artists Ivan Morison and Steve Messam , as well work for the groundbreaking blinc digital arts festival 2012 , held in Conwy in October. ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:40:21 +0000