{"id":92570,"date":"2025-02-11T16:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=92570"},"modified":"2025-02-11T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:17:20","slug":"unlikely-art-project-building-memories-around-the-demolition-of-llanishens-old-tax-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/11\/unlikely-art-project-building-memories-around-the-demolition-of-llanishens-old-tax-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlikely art project building memories around the demolition of Llanishen’s old tax office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Camilla Brueton wants to talk to people who worked at or lived near the former HMRC building<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AN artist inspired to document the demolition of the former HMRC headquarters in Llanishen by drawing it on old tax office envelopes is asking people to share their memories of the building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camilla Brueton, 47, produced over 70 drawings at different stages of the demolition between May and October last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these were sketched on the back of envelopes from the tax office itself, which she received from work colleagues, neighbours and older residents living in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I loved about the building is the brutalist nature of it and the way light is reflected at different times of the day,” she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In the bright morning it would be greens, blues and yellows and when the sun\u2019s going down it reflected the orange of the sunset \u2013 almost like a colorimeter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the layers came away, it became more about understanding the internal structures, and how it could be drawn in that way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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