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Flat Holm: a sensory voyage

Lead artist Glenn Davidson (Artstation)
Glenn Davidson

Films

Six short aerial Art films slowly capture the island’s heritage with poetry and pros.

Lighthouse
Hospital
Gun
Radar
Farmhouse
Cave

Films

Six short aerial Art films slowly capture the island’s heritage with poetry and prose.

Monologues

Wyn Mason – Writer

Doughnuts:
Following our short residency on the island, Wyn wrote a series of Welsh monologues to liberate ‘voices’ of island heritage. The monologues feature in the films, directly speaking to the viewer while slowly circling around each location like a doughnut.

Below: English texts and recordings by voice over artists Eiry Thomas and Matthew Gravelle.

Poems

Philip Gross – Poet

Zooms:
Philip lives in Penarth overlooking the Bristol Channel. Out of the residency, he lays down an over-arching context we hear while the camera zooms from high, down to each historic site.

Below: More poetry about Flat Holm by Philip, more riches than we could possibly use in the film edits.

The Singing Lighthouse

Podcasts

Radio Flat Holm commissioned  by Cardiff City Council for Cardiff Bay barrage and was installed July 2024 as part of ‘A Walk Through Time’ National Lottery Heritage Fund restoration of Flat Holm Island’s historic heritage.

We hope Radio Flat Holm will form an enduring commemorative legacy for the city, a great photo opportunity for visitors as well as signposting the existence of Flat Holm Island, usually visible from the sculpture’s location.

The sculpture was made using a combination of CADCAM** and hand carving by Boyesen Design in Llangrannog

Big thanks to the artists, Cardiff Council and NLHF for funding the project.

** computer aided design computer aided manufacture