During our visits to Haverfordwest we have met with a wide variety of residents , and enjoyed acquiring local perspectives on the historical development, and sense of place in the town. Whilst Janetka Platun’s commission focussed upon ‘Searching For The Centre’, our attention has been on building an understanding of the relationship of the town [...]
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In January and February 2017 Transition Haverfordwest, in partnership with Confluence, presented a series of six eco/art documentary films in various venues around the town. As well as the LAB, films were shown in some local independent venues as pop-up events, in order to engage a wider audience, and to support local businesses. The films [...]
Saturday 21st January saw a unique event unfold in Haverfordwest. The art performance, 'Where's the Centre please?', was devised by artist Janetka Platun as part of her work on our current commission 'Searching for the Centre.' Four women, wearing authentic 19th century Llangwm fisherwomen's clothes, walked into the town from four starting locations in the north, [...]
The Project At the start of my commission I walked each day around the town. I went wherever my interest took me. I found myself in empty churches, watched people quietly crossing the many bridges that span the river and became accustomed to the steady flow and heavy sound of cars driving around the ring [...]
In the spring of 2017 Transition Haverfordwest, in partnership with Confluence, will present a series of 6 documentary eco/art films followed by informal discussions focussing on some of the issues of our time and place: The Economics of Happiness 2011 (E) Garbage Warrior 2007 (15) Four Horsemen 2012 (E) Chasing Ice 2012 (E) Samsara 2012 (U) Exit Through the Gift [...]
Reignited by a highly motivated group of Town Councillors led by Sue Murray and supported by County Councillor Wynne Evans, Haverfordwest Festival Week set out to create 'a fun filled, action packed programme of events for all the family to enjoy'. The eight-day event, which ran from Saturday 23rd to Saturday 30th July 2016, brought together many different individuals and organisations [...]
Over 3 days, PLATFORM presented Haverfordwest as a stage for a programme of new commissions and existing artworks by artists living in and around Pembrokeshire. The programme reflected the diversity and depth of contemporary arts practice in the region, and included artists’ film, installation and performance that together created a body of work that was [...]
Since launching in February 2016, Ideas Lab has been working with small scale projects to test ideas for arts and regeneration in Haverfordwest. Getting off to a flying start with Make 4- a series of Saturday Family-friendly art workshops in March 2016, led by artist Louise Bird, Ideas Lab will have provided support to enable 18 [...]
Over a hundred people engaged with the Big Model during Festival week in Haverfordwest. In a series of informal consultations we asked curious passers-by to mark their favourite spots in town on the model, and to explore the model's interactive features They told us what they loved about Haverfordwest (and what they didn't) and what they would change if they could. [...]
