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The Cei Llechi Art Boxes are small outdoor exhibition spaces nestled within the walls of Cei Llechi, offering a unique platform for artists to showcase their creations.
Take a look round Cei Llechi and see if you can find all four boxes.
Hidden in Plain Sight
Janet Ruth Davies
Hidden in Plain Sight is a series of photographs created through the practice of walking, locating and mapping erratic boulders once displaced by glaciers. An erratic is defined as glacially deposited rock that differs from the type of native rock on which it rests; here lies the perceptual relationship between the seen and the unseen. The work reimagines the historical 1831 walk Charles Darwin undertook when researching the geology of north Wales. Darwin set out to prove that a former ice age carved the peaks, valleys and coastline we experience today. As he traversed the once glaciated cirque of Cwm Idwal he discovered a group of erratic’s later to become known as Darwin’s’ boulders.
Janet Ruth Davies is an artist, photographer and educator living and working in north Wales. Her practice engages with the materiality and analog processes of photography, and is invested in the intersection of creative geologies, movement, and collaborative exchange. Janet holds an MA in Documentary Photography from the University of South Wales and advocates for creative learning and leadership in the new curriculum reform in Wales and Scotland. In addition, she is actively engaged as a community mapper as part of the Public Map Platform, whose aim is to empower communities to shape decisions rooted in local need, now and in the future for Ynys Mon.
