On Land’s Edge Festival
Gŵyl Ar Ymyl y Tir

22 September – 10 October 2022 | 22 Medi – 10 Hydref 2022

Ports, Past and Present collaborated with Theatr Gwaun on a series of events at the 2022 Gŵyl Ar Ymyl y Tir / On Land’s Edge Festival. Some of the Creative Connections exhibition was displayed in the foyer of Theatr Gwaun, including the illustrations by Peter Stevenson and some of the sections of the Marged Pendrell’s Community Boat, which were hung against the walls rather than together in the form of a boat. A reproduction of Robert Jakes’s Sea of Stories was exhibited, and has since been returned to the theatre for permanent display. 

The exhibition was installed by the volunteers on the Maintenance Team of Theatr Gwaun. 

The films by David Begley (The Wexford Whale) and Peter Stevenson and Jacob Whittaker (Uisce Dŵr Water) were screened as part of the festival in the theatre on 25 September, together with a launch of Peter Stevenson’s Fibbing from Fishguard: Uisce Dŵr Water. Peter shared some of these stories and Jon Gower read extracts from his work on the ports and the Irish Sea.

Roedd y rhan fwyaf o'r gwaith ar gyfer Cysylltiadau Creadigol i’w gweld yng Nghanolfan Ucheldre ar gyfer arddangosfa derfynol 2022. Cafodd canol y gofod arddangos ei lenwi â chyfres o gasau yn dangos fflotila Marged Pendrell gyda'r Cwch Caergybi yn hongian uwchben. Cafodd mwy o waith Marged ei hongian ar y waliau yn ogystal â'r darluniau gan Peter Stevenson a ffotograffau gan Zillah Bowes. Roedd y faner fawr o osodiad Augustine O'Donoghue yn Nulyn yn ychwanegu rhagor o liw.

Yn ogystal â'r set o gardiau post o'r pum porthladd mewn fframiau gan Julie Merriman, roedd set o brintiau o'i delwedd o Orsaf Reilffordd Caergybi yn dangos amrywiadau ar yr un ddelwedd mewn printiau a gynhyrchwyd gan beiriant dyblygu Neo-Cyclostyle Gestetner. Cafodd y ddwy ffilm gan David Begley (The Wexford Whale) a Peter Stevenson a Jacob Whittaker (Uisce Dŵr Water) eu harddangos ar sgrin ac roedd drama radio Peter Murphy, We Have Always Been Your Harbour ar gael ar chwaraewr sain.

Parhaodd yr atgynhyrchiad mawr o Sea of Stories Robert Jakes i ennyn diddordeb a chynrychiolwyd gwaith awduron y prosiect ar baneli wal. Cafodd set newydd o ddelweddau gan yr artist (a chyd-guradur a dylunydd yr arddangosfeydd) Martin Crampin ei dangos gyda gwaith y prosiect am y tro cyntaf, gan dynnu sylw at y cysylltiad rhwng Caergybi a Dulyn trwy Cybi Sant, nawddsant yr eglwys yng Nghaergybi.

Un a oedd yn bresennol yn yr arddangosfa oedd Marged Pendrell, a fu'n trafod ei fflotila o gychod, a chyfraniadau gwahanol grwpiau lleol ac unigolion at y Cwch Cymunedol. Darllenodd Gillian Brownson o'i llyfr newydd The Mermaid's Purse and Other Stories in Rhyme, a lansiwyd yn yr arddangosfa.