As i fyny was drawing to an end, this workshop with Simon Whitehead came on a perfect, warm, summers day to be a beautiful experience of the five months the associates have spent together on various activities and learning from different professionals.
Traveling through the green countryside to the village of Abercych, we walked a mile or so through a wooded valley to a picturesque field, surrounded by a small, slow-moving river. Sitting in patches of shade on an old wooden bridge, we started with introductions of each other’s practice. After many months of not being completely sure of the most succinct wording to describe our practice, we’re now feeling pretty comfortable in talking about it. Simon Whitehead, a movement artist who lives in the village with his family and works a lot with the local community, introduced his musical practice by playing us a piece on a speaker. He'd captured the flow of the river around and beneath us through vibrations on electric guitar strings, accompanied with other ambient music.