The lower level of the old miners community hall, The Parc and Dare in Treorchy, was packed for the opening of the Dragon’s Dream, animated film project, 12th Nov 2019. Gelli Primary school and Penyrenglyn Primary Schools took part in the 10 -month project that was funded by Arts Council […]
Read MoreIdris Phillips’ Portrait at National Coal Mining Museum
A print of Idris Phillips’ 3-d portrait is featured at The National Coal Mining Museum‘s exhibition about African Caribbean miners contribution to coal mining in the U.K. . The National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield recently opened an exhibition “Digging Deep: Miners of African Caribbean Heritage” by the Nottingham New […]
Read More“The Car. The Future. Me” at the British Motor Museum
“The Car. The Future. Me” “The Car. The Future. Me” digital installation opened, July 2019, as part of the “The Car. The Future. Me” exhibition at the British Motor Museum The project was a year in the making, and will be on show for a year. The project was a […]
Read MoreOwen Tucker Obituary in South Wales Echo
Owen Tucker was given a half page tribute in the obituaries section of the South Wales Echo recently. Owen was the the face of Energy+Notion and also used by ffotogallery for publicity of The Coalface A FORMER miner who was one of the first on the scene at the Six […]
Read MoreR.I.P. – Owen Tucker – The Face of “The Coal Face”
Today was a sad day. Owen a friend and inspiration was buried in Six Bells. Owen was a miner, for 35 years. For his entire life he lived in the terraced house where he had been born 84 years earlier. Owen Tucker was deeply honest, generous and spoke his mind, […]
Read MoreThe Coal Face at Sound + Vision
It was a pleasure for Vision Fountain to be part of Sound+Vision 2019. The Coal Face was commissioned by Ffotogalley in November 2018 as part of Arts Council Wales research and development project to devise a method of creating 3-d portraits in the field. It was a mamoth task to […]
Read MoreScreening of “Black Gold” Edwardsville, Treharris
Vision Fountain and Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery had a very full screening of the HLF funded project “Merthyr’s Black Gold” today. We had the entire primary school of over 200 children attending the first screening. The second screening was attended by around 25 relatives and parents and about […]
Read MoreMerthyr’s Black Gold – in the news
Merthyr’s Black Gold, vision Fountain’s project in collaboaration with Cyfarthfa Museum and Art Galler and Heritage Lottery Fund in the news. The project featureed in the Western Mail’s Week-End magazine and on Walesonline. See link: Walesonlinelink Thanks to Will Hayward for covering this important ongoing project.
Read MoreMerthyr’s Black Gold Opening at RedHouse, Merthyr
The multi-media film portion of Merthyr’s Black Gold project openened at the RedHouse, Merthyr, 21st November. The two screenings were attended by participants from Cyfarthfa Primary School, Edwardsville Primary School, Pantyscallog Primary School, Ynysowen Primary and Quar and Troedyrhiw Scout Groups and their relatives and teachers. The 20 minute […]
Read MoreEdwardsville Primary come to Cyfarthafa Castle Museum
Last week was Edwardsville Primary School’s chance to experience an audio visual workshop at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery. Over 40 children attended the full day workshop. They brought in lots of stories that their relatives had told them, they took photographs of one another in costumes related to […]
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