{"id":35688,"date":"2018-11-30T15:40:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=35688"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:40:41","slug":"weathering-storm-importance-citizen-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/weathering-storm-importance-citizen-voice","title":{"rendered":"Art takes the voice of the people to the heart of Welsh government"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The exhibition underlines the importance\u00a0of\u00a0listening to\u00a0communities.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35715\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35715\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/WIDE-USE-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35715\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/WIDE-USE-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Anchor Peoples exhibition The Peoples\u2019 Senedd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Community voices were heard last night, as an interactive art experience was launched at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery of the Welsh national assembly building was full, with 30 towering audio equipped cardboard portraits, all representing\u00a0real individuals from Riverside and Merthyr Tydfil.<\/p>\n<p>Labelled The Peoples\u2019 Senedd, the artwork is an attempt to highlight the importance of people and institutions working in the community in an era of austerity.<\/p>\n<p>Allan Herbert, an innovator in community development and co-producer of the event, made this point clear. \u201cListening to these voices, the main call is where funding needs to go, it needs to go into people,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that anchor organisation like ours can continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition tells the story of two community partners in South Wales \u2013 South Riverside Community Development Centre (SRDC) in Cardiff and 3Gs Development Trust in Merthyr Tydfil &#8211; created by local people 30 and 40 years ago, and how they have been under pressure following the withdrawal of the Communities First anti-poverty scheme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35727\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35727\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Dr-Eva-Elliot-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35727\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Dr-Eva-Elliot-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Lead academic Dr Eva Elliott of Cardiff University introduces the exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Artstation creation, commissioned by Productive Margins and curated by Christopher Coppock, powerfully\u00a0illuminates the huge disconnect between government policy and organisations in these deprived areas.<\/p>\n<p>The design underlines the voices often unheard, within the increasing bureaucratic conformity and indifference of institutional regulation and control.<\/p>\n<p>The immersive experience combines the striking visuals of the huge cardboard\u00a0cutouts with sound, as you could enjoy either a steady narrative as you walk around the gallery, or stopping at an individual portrait and scanning a QR code on their back, then listening to that specific voice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35889\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35889 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Wea-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35889 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Wea-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Weathering the storm, by artist Glen Davidson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The five-year research programme known as Productive Margins, led by Dr\u00a0Eva\u00a0Elliott, is a Connected Communities collaborative effort between Cardiff and Bristol University involving community organisations and social enterprises in Bristol and South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The final stage of the project, labelled \u2018Weathering the storm\u2019 assessed the immense pressure people anchored in the community have had to labour under, and inspired the production of the innovative art exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Following the launch, the\u00a0installation\u00a0will be upstairs in\u00a0the Atrium of\u00a0the Senedd\u00a0until Friday 14th December and will provide a forum for conversation and debate on key issues affecting these local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voices of local people were heard last night, as an immersive art experience was launched at the Senedd in Cardiff 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