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Gwobr ac Arddangosfa Gelf Weledol Ryngwladol CymruWales International Visual Art Exhibition and Prize

Lida Abdul

Vasco Araújo

Mircea Cantor

Dalziel + Scullion

N S Harsha

Abdoulaye Konaté

Susan Norrie

Rosângela Rennó

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map o’r arddangosfa | exhibition planMae Artes Mundi 3 yn cynnwys gwaith naw artist, mae dau ohonynt yn cynhyrchu ar y cyd.Mae pob oriel yn cynnwys gwaith gan artist gwahanol.

Artes Mundi 3 contains the work of nine artists, two work collaboratively.Each gallery space contains work by a different artist:

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Mae’r Man Gwybodaeth wrth fynedfa’r arddangosfa’n rhoi rhagor o wybodaetham yr artistiaid trwy gyfrwng ffilm, gwefannau, llyfrau a chatalogau.

The Info Lounge near the beginning of the exhibition provides more informationabout the artists through film, websites, books and catalogues.

oriel / gallery 1 Lida Abdul

oriel / gallery 2 N S Harsha

oriel / gallery 3 Abdoulaye Konaté

oriel / gallery 4 Rosângela Rennó

oriel / gallery 5 Mircea Cantor

oriel / gallery 6 Susan Norrie

oriel / gallery 7 Dalziel + Scullion

oriel / gallery 8 Vasco Araújo

Lida Abdul

Vasco Araújo

Mircea Cantor

Dalziel + Scullion

N S Harsha

Abdoulaye Konaté

Susan Norrie

Rosângela Rennó

15 Mawrth - 8 Mehefin 200815 March - 8 June 2008

Trefnwyd yr arddangosfa gan Artes Mundiar y cyd ag Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd

Exhibition organised by Artes Mundiin association with National Museum Cardiff

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Gwobr ac Arddangosfa Gelf Weledol Ryngwladol CymruWales International Visual Art Exhibition and Prize

Mae’r arddangosfa yma’n cyflwyno gwaith diweddar gan naw artist o bedwarban y byd. Mae eu gwaith yn gofyn pwy ydyn ni ac edrych ar y cymdeithasaurydyn ni’n byw ynddynt.

Mae’r artistiaid eisoes wedi ennill cydnabyddiaeth yn eu gwledydd eu hunainneu yn eu rhan nhw o’r byd, ac maent yn dechrau ennill eu plwyf ar lwyfanryngwladol. Fe’u dewiswyd gan ddau guradur rhyngwladol - Isabel Carlos oBortiwgal a Bisi Silva o Nigeria, yn dilyn proses fyd-eang o chwilio acenwebu. Mae hyn wedi cynnwys dros 400 o enwebiadau o 65 o wledydd.

Mae’r artistiaid wedi cyrraedd rhestr fer Gwobr Artes Mundi 3 a gaiff eichyflwyno ar 24 Ebrill 2008. Bwriedir i’r wobr o £40,000 fynd i’r artist neu’rartistiaid (os ydynt yn cydweithio fel pâr) sy’n llwyddo’n gyson i greu gwaithpryfoclyd o safon sy’n ein hannog ni i feddwl am y cyflwr dynol. Bydd y panelo Feirniaid rhyngwladol yn ystyried eu gwaith dros y 5-8 mlynedd diwethaf.

Curadur Tessa JacksonCuradur Cynorthwyol Liberty Paterson

This exhibition presents recent work by nine artists from across the world.Their work explores who we are and the societies we live in.

The artists have already achieved recognition in their own country or part ofthe world, and are now becoming better known internationally. They havebeen selected by two international curators - Isabel Carlos from Portugaland Bisi Silva from Nigeria, following a global search and nominationprocess. This has included over 400 nominations from 65 countries.

The artists form the shortlist for the 3rd Artes Mundi Prize which will beawarded on 24 April 2008. The Prize of £40,000 is intended to go to the artistor artists (if they work collaboratively as a pair), who consistently makethought provoking work of quality that encourages us to reflect on the humancondition. The international panel of Judges will consider their work fromthe last 5-8 years.

Curator Tessa JacksonAssistant Curator Liberty Paterson

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Panel Beirniadu:

David Alston - Cyfarwyddwr Celfyddydau Cyngor Celfyddydau CymruTuula Arkio - tan yn ddiweddar, Cyfarwyddwr Cyffredinol yr Orielau Celf Cenedlaethol,Helsinki, y FfindirJack Persekian - curadur, awdur a Chyfarwyddwr Biennale Sharjah yn y DwyrainCanol yn 2007Xu Bing - Artist sy’n gweithio yn Efrog Newydd a Beijing, ac enillydd GwobrArtes Mundi 1

CyhoeddiadMae cyhoeddiad lliw (96 tudalen) ar Artes Mundi 3, ar gael o AmgueddfaGenedlaethol Caerdydd ac yn uniongyrchol trwy Artes Mundi, pris £16. Mae’n cynnwystraethodau ar bob un o’r artistiaid sydd ar y rhestr fer gan amrywiaeth o awduron abeirniaid amlwg, y dewiswyr Isabel Carlos a Bisi Silva a’r curadur Tessa Jackson.ISBN 978-0-9552379-1-1.

Man Gwybodaeth Gwnewch yn siwr eich bod chi’n ymweld â’r Fan Gwybodaeth i ddysgurhagor am yr artistiaid a’u gwaith. Mae’n fan i ymlacio a gwylio ffilm fer gan BBC Cymruneu bori trwy lyfrau a chatalogau a chyrchu gwefannau nifer o artistiaid. Cewch gyfle iddweud eich dweud am yr arddangosfa drwy gyfrannu at y Bwrdd Sylwadau. Lleolir yFan Gwybodaeth wrth fynedfa’r arddangosa, gweler y Map ar ddechrau’r llyfryn hwn.

I gadw mewn cysylltiad neu ddysgu rhagor I gadw mewn cysylltiad ag Artes Mundineu ddysgu rhagor am ein rhaglen o ddigwyddiadau, gan gynnwys cofrestru i ddodi’r gynhadledd, ewch i’n gwefan sef: www.artesmundi.org

Judging Panel:

David Alston - Arts Director of the Arts Council of WalesTuula Arkio - until recently the General Director of the National Art Galleries,Helsinki, FinlandJack Persekian - curator, writer and Director of the Sharjah Biennale in 2007Xu Bing - Artist based in New York and Beijing and recipient of the 1st Artes Mundi Prize

Publication A full colour publication (96 pages) on Artes Mundi 3, is available fromNational Museum Cardiff and through Artes Mundi direct, price £16. It contains essayson each of the shortlisted artists by a range of eminent writers, critics, selectors IsabelCarlos and Bisi Silva and curator Tessa Jackson. ISBN 978-0-9552379-1-1.

Info LoungeMake sure you visit the Info Lounge to find out more about the artists andtheir work. It is also a place to relax and see film footage or browse through books andcatalogues and access a range of artists’ websites. Give us your thoughts on theexhibition by contributing to the Comments Board. The Info Lounge is situated nearthe start of the exhibition, see the Plan at the front of this Guide.

To Keep in Touch or Find Out More To keep in touch with Artes Mundi or to find out moreabout our events programme, including registering to attend the conference, please visitour website: www.artesmundi.org

Lida Abdul

Ganwyd Lida Abdul yn Kabul, Afghanistan ym 1973. Gadawodd yn fuan wedii’r Undeb Sofietaidd ymosod ar ei gwlad, a bu’n byw mewn canolfannaulloches am bum mlynedd cyn symud i America. Ar hyn o bryd mae’n bywrhwng Afghanistan ac America.

Mae Lida Abdul yn defnyddio fideo, ffilm, ffotograffiaeth, gosodweithiau apherfformiadau byw i archwilio a darlunio effeithiau rhyfel. Trwy ei gwaithmae’n ceisio deall y trychineb a ddinistriodd ei gwlad am dros ddau ddegawd.Mae ei ffilm yn darlunio tirwedd y wlad wedi’i chwalu gan ryfel ac yn llawnrwbel adeiladau wedi’u dinistrio. O fewn golygfeydd o’r fath mae’n gosodffigyrau, sydd fel arfer yn cymryd rhan mewn symudiad torfol neu ddefod.Mae’n cyffelybu’r bensaernïaeth a’r malurion â dioddefaint dynol, ac yn creustorfa atgofion. Gwêl ei gwaith fel ymgais i ‘ddygymod â realiti newydd’.Mae gwaith Lida Abdul yn trafod trais a difrod, ond hefyd goroesi, adferac ailadeiladu.

Mae gweithio yn y cyd-destun hwn fel menyw wedi bod yn her. Mae LidaAbdul wedi datblygu dau ddull o ymdrin â’i gwaith. Ar gyfer rhai darnaumae’n ymchwilio ac yn dylunio, ac yn cael gwirfoddolwyr i berfformio’rgweithredoedd. Gydag eraill, mae’n dylunio’r hyn y mae’n ei weld. Defnyddirsain i atalnodi ei delweddau.

Lida Abdul was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1973. She left shortly after hercountry was invaded by the Soviet Union and lived in asylum centres for fiveyears before moving to the USA. She currently lives between Afghanistanand the USA.

Lida Abdul uses video, film, photography, installation and live performance toexplore and visualise the aftermath of war. Through her work she has tried tocomprehend the disaster that devastated her home country for more thantwo decades. Her films depict the Afghan landscape, war torn and strewnwith the rubble of destroyed buildings. Within such settings she placesfigures, usually involved in collective movement or ritual. The architectureand debris form a metaphor for human suffering and act as the bearers ofmemory. She sees her work as an attempt to ‘deal with a new reality’. LidaAbdul’s work not only speaks of violence and devastation but also of survival,reclamation and rebuilding.

Working as a woman in this context has been challenging. Lida Abdul hasdeveloped two approaches to making her work. With some pieces sheresearches and designs, having the actions performed by volunteers. Withothers she captures what she sees. Sound is used to punctuate her images.

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Lida Abdul

Yr hyn a welsom wrth ddeffro2006Ffilm 16mmTrwy garedigrwydd yr Artist acOriel Giorgio Persano, Turin

What we saw upon awakening200616mm film transferCourtesy of the Artist andGiorgio Persano Gallery, Turin

N S Harsha

Mae N S Harsha yn creu ei ddelweddau trwy gyfrwng paent yn ogystal âgosodweithiau. Mae ei destunau’n cynnwys gweithgareddau bob dydd amanion bywyd. O edrych yn graffach mae ei waith yn cynnwys cyfeiriadau atddigwyddiadau ehangach y byd, newyddion a hanes celfyddyd. Mae’r hollelfennau hyn, rhai’n fwy adnabyddus na’i gilydd, yn cynnwys cymysgedd osylwadau parchus a hiwmor. Mae’r ffaith ei fod yn defnyddio elfennau o fywydlleol India llawn cymaint â materion byd-eang yn ei wneud yn fath o artist/athronydd. Mae ei ddull o adrodd stori’n uno’r stori’i hun â’r ystyr ehangachsy’n ei wneud yn ddealladwy i bawb.

Yn gorfforol, mae ei beintiadau’n ehangu’r traddodiad peintio munaturIndiaidd. Ganwyd N S Harsha ym 1969 ym Mysore, India, lle mae’n byw ac yngweithio ar hyn o bryd. Ar ôl astudio yn un o ysgolion celf gorau ei wlad(Bardoa) fe ddychwelodd i’w ddinas enedigol i weithio mewn stiwdio yngnghanol bwrlwm bywyd cyffredin. O’r fan honno gall gyfeirio at ffigyrau sy’npasio heibio ar y stryd, yn ogystal â digwyddiadau ehangach y byd. Trwydynnu’n sylw at y mympwyol, yr absẃrd cymaint â’r trasig, ond heb farnu,mae Harsha yn ein galluogi i fyfyrio am y byd sydd o’n cwmpas.

N S Harsha is an image maker, through paint and also through installation.His subject matter comprises day to day activities or the details of life. Oncloser inspection it contains references to world events and news as well asworld art history. All these elements, both recognisable and potentially lessfamiliar, are infused with a mixture of respectful comment and humour. Thisdrawing upon elements of both local life in India as much as global concerns,makes him almost an artist / philosopher. His story telling is the kind wherethe intrinsic story as well as its wider meaning and significance are fused tobecome universally understandable.

Physically his paintings seem to expand the tradition of Indian miniaturepainting. N S Harsha was born in 1969 in Mysore, India, where he currentlylives and works. Having studied at one of his country’s most respected artschools (Baroda) he returned to his home city where his studio is in the midstof ordinary daily life. From here he can refer to figures who pass in the street,as much as upon wider world events. By drawing our attention to thewhimsical, the absurd as much as the tragic, without judgement, Harshaenables us to reflect on the world around us.

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N S Harsha

Rhowch araith i ni2008Acrylig ar gynfasTrwy garedigrwydd yr Artist

Come give us a speech2008Acrylic on canvasCourtesy of the Artist

Abdoulaye Konaté

Ganed Abdoulaye Konaté ym 1953 a chafodd ei hyfforddi yng ngwlad ei febyd,Mali, Gorllewin Affrica ac yn Havana, Ciwba. Dechreuodd ei yrfa fel peintiwrcyfansoddiadau haniaethol a ffurfiol, cyn troi wedyn at greu tecstilau graddfafawr; fel ymateb pragmatig i’r deunydd oedd ar gael, cymrodd cotwm leacrylig. Mali yw’r cynhyrchydd cotwm mwyaf ond un yn y byd ar ôl yr Aifft.

Nod Konaté oedd mynegi rhai o’r materion sy’n gyffredin yn ei wlad ynogystal â’r rhai sy’n gyffredin ledled y byd. Dros ugain mlynedd mae wedimyfyrio, trwy gyfrwng ei decstilau a’i osodweithiau, ar faterion fel effaithamgylcheddol datgoedwigo, y dinistr a ddaw yn sgil sychder, a’r gwrthdaroparhaus yn y Dwyrain Canol. Yn Gris-gris pour Israël et la Palestine, mae’ncyfosod symbolau pwerus baner Israel a’r kaffiyeh Palesteinaidd (sgarff dua gwyn a wisgir fel symbol o genedlaetholdeb Palesteinaidd). Fe’uhamgylchynir â gris-gris traddodiadol o Orllewin Affrica, sef swynoglausy’n gwarchod rhag drwg ac yn dod â lwc dda.

Mae Konaté yn artist sy’n cysylltu â’r byd ehangach - ei ddymuniad ywgweld heddwch a chymdeithas well. Gyda pharch at draddodiad mae’nuno’r estheteg leol â materion y byd yn sgil globaleiddio.

Born in 1953, Abdoulaye Konaté trained in his native Mali, West Africa andin Havana, Cuba. He began his career as a painter of abstract and formalcompositions, but turned later to creating large scale textiles; as a pragmaticresponse to the availability of materials, cotton replaced acrylic. Mali issecond only to Egypt in the amount of cotton it grows.

Konaté wanted to express something of the issues prevalent within his owncountry as much as those that were universal. Over twenty years he hasreflected, within his textiles and installations, upon such issues as theenvironmental effects of de-forestation and the devastation drought brings,or the on-going conflict within the Middle East. In Gris-gris pour Israël et laPalestine, he juxtaposes the potent symbols of the Israeli flag and thePalestinian kaffiyeh (the black and white headscarf often worn as symbolof Palestinian nationalism). He surrounds them with the traditional WestAfrican gris-gris, the sewn amulets to ward off evil and bring luck.

Konaté is an artist who engages with the wider world - he wishes for peace,for a better society. In respecting tradition he brings together the aestheticsof the local with concerns of the globalised world.

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Le dos à l’Âme(Ymwrthod â’r enaid)2008TecstilFfotograff – Modibo KeïtaTrwy garedigrwydd yr Artista Modibo Keïta

Le dos à l'Âme(Soul denial)2008TextilePhotograph - Modibo KeïtaCourtesy of the Artist& Modibo Keïta

Rosângela Rennó

Mae Rosângela Rennó yn defnyddio hen ddelweddau, ffotograffau athestunau. Nid creu celfyddyd oedd eu pwrpas gwreiddiol, ac fe’u taflwydymaith gan yr awduron neu’r perchnogion gwreiddiol. Mae’n dewis y rhai agynhyrchwyd at ddibenion sefydliadol, cyfreithiol neu gyflwyno gwybodaeth,neu’n syml ar gyfer albymau lluniau teuluol. Fel rhan o’r broses mae’ncasglu ac yn archifo’r delweddau i’w defnyddio eto yn y dyfodol, neu’u hail-gyflwyno fel rhyw fath o gatalog.

Mae ei gwaith yn gyfrwng i gyfleu atgofion gweledol, gan ddod â wynebauanghofiedig yn fyw, a’u bywydau’n real. Mae’r bobl, oedd mor anhysbys brydhynny ag yr ydynt heddiw, yn ein hatgoffa o’r ffordd mae ffotograffau’n sicrhaunad aiff digwyddiadau pwysig mewn hanes diweddar byth yn angof.

Ganwyd Rosângela Rennó ym 1962, acmae’n byw ac yn gweithio yn Rio deJaneiro, Brasil ar hyn o bryd. Ym 1994 fe anfarwolodd y gweithwyr a fu farw wrthadeiladu prifddinas newydd ei gwlad, Brasilia, drwy ddefnyddio delweddau o’ucardiau adnabod. Trwy ail-gyflwyno ffotograffau neu eiriaumewn cyd-destungwahanol mae’r artist yn creu gwybodaeth neu dystiolaeth newydd. Maent ynsbarduno’r gwyliwr i holi cwestiynau – pwy gymerodd y ffotograff, pam, beth syddwedi ei golli neu ei adennill drwy ddangos y delweddau eto? Fel brodor o wladsy’n ymfalchiomewn edrych tua’r dyfodol, mae Rennó’n ail-ddyfeisio’r gorffennol?

Rosângela Rennómakes use of existing images, photographs and texts; theiroriginal purpose was not connected to themaking of art and they have beendiscarded by their original authors and owners. She selects those that have beenproduced for institutional, legal or information based purposes or simply forfamily albums. Part of her process is to collect and archive these images, usingthem at some later date or re-presenting them as a catalogue in someway.

Her works act as vehicles of visual memory, making forgotten faces animatedonce again, and peoples’ lives real. Her subjects, anonymous then as much asnow, remind us how photographs ensure that important events in recenthistory will never be forgotten.

Rosângela Rennó, born in 1962, currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. Back in 1994 she immortalised the workers who died in the building ofher country’s new capital city Brasilia, using images from their identity cards.By re-presenting photographs or text in another context the artist providesnew information or evidence. They immediately prompt the viewer to askquestions - who took the photograph, why, what has been lost or what hasbeen recovered in the images being seen again. Living in a country whichconstantly promotes itself as embracing the future, Rennó re-invents the past?

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Rosângela Rennó

Cerimônia do Adeus[Seremoni Ffarwelio]1997 - 200339 C-print digidol wedieu mowntio ar PlexiglasTrwy garedigrwydd yr artist,Galeria Vermelho,São Paulo a GaleriaCristina Guerra, Lisbon

Cerimônia do Adeus[Farewell ceremony]1997 - 200339 digital C-prints face-mounted on PlexiglasCourtesy of the Artist,Galeria Vermelho,São Paulo & GaleriaCristina Guerra, Lisbon

Mircea Cantor

Mae Mircea Cantor yn defnyddio gosodweithiau, ffotograffau a ffilm iddarlunio pethau. Nid oes ganddo diddordeb mewn creu delweddau ereu mwyn eu hunain, ond yn hytrach am yr hyn maent yn ei ddweud neu’nei awgrymu. Mae’r gwyliwr yn rhydd i ddehongli ystyr y gwaith; mae eisymlrwydd corfforol yn aml yn cuddio cymhlethdod yr ystyr posib.

Mae gan Cantor ddiddordeb yn yr hyn y mae’n ei alw’n ‘farddoneg bob dydd’,sy’n cynnwys edrych ar sawl ffurf ar wleidyddiaeth. Fe’i ganwyd yn Romaniaym 1977 ac ym 1999 aeth i fodio ar draws Ewrop cyn ymgartrefu yn Ffrainc yny pen draw. Mae’n rhannu ei amser rhwng Romania a Pharis ar hyn o bryd.Mae ei waith yn llawn awgrymiadau cynnil am y ffordd mae cymdeithasau’ngweithredu ac yn adweithio lle mae eironi neu brydferthwch yn cyd-fyw ârealiti creulon.

Bydd ei waith yn aml yn ein gorfodi i gwestiynu’n dealltwriaeth a’n tybiaethauynglŷn â’r gymdeithas sydd o’n cwmpas. Mae YYd Diemwnt (2005) yn brydferthac yn hunllefus. Caiff india corn ei wneud yn werthfawr trwy ei gerfioo grisial, ond mae’n parhau i fod yn symbol o un o fwydydd mwyaf cyffrediny byd, yn enwedig ymysg y cymdeithasau tlotaf. Mae ei ffilm fer Cysgod amennyd (2007), sy’n dangos adlewyrchiad o faner yn llosgi nes ei bod yndiflannu, yn alegori pwerus am fyrhoedledd cenhedloedd, cymunedaua hunaniaethau.

Mircea Cantor uses installation, photography and film tomake things visible.He is not interested in creating images for their own sake, more for what theycan say, or suggest. The viewer is left to finally interpret themeaning of the work;its physical simplicity often belies the complexity of its potential meaning.

Cantor is interested in ‘everyday poetics’ as he puts it, but his everyday hasinvolved observation of politics inmany forms. He was born in Romania in 1977and in 1999, left to hitch-hike across Europe before eventually settling in France.He currently divides his time between Romania and Paris. His work is subtlysuggestive of how societies operate, how communities respond, where irony orbeauty co-exists with brutal reality.

Cantor’s work often forces us to question our reading of and assumptions aboutthe society around us. His seductiveDiamond Corn (2005) is both beautiful andhaunting. Amaize cob ismade valuable by being carved in crystal yet it stillsymbolises one of the world’s most universal foodstuffs, particularly in poorersocieties. His short film Shadow for a while (2007), showing the reflection of aflag burning until it disappears, is a potent allegory of the transience of nations,communities and identities.

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Mircea Cantor

Yd Diemwnt2005Crisial bwrw, cardfwrdd© Mircea CantorTrwy garedigrwydd MirceaCantor ac Yvon Lambert,Paris / Efrog Newydd

Diamond Corn2005Cast crystal, cardboard© Mircea CantorCourtesy of Mircea Cantorand Yvon Lambert,Paris / New York

Susan Norrie

Mae Susan Norrie’n defnyddio ffilm, ffotograffau a gosodweithiau i archwiliotrychinebau o waith dyn a thrychinebau naturiol. Trwy weithio gyda breuder yramgylchedd ac archwilio’r cynnydd diweddar mewn achosion o ddirgryniadau,llosgfynyddoedd yn echdori, stormydd a sychder, mae Norrie’n arsylwi ar fydsy’n newid yn ecolegol.

Mae delweddau digidol yn gyfrwng perffaith i ymdrin â’r doreth o wybodaethsydd mewn byd sy’n gosod pwyslais cynyddol ar y cyfryngau. Gwêl yr artist felbaromedr digwyddiadau, ac mae’n cyfaddef ei bod yn hoffi’r syniad o’r artist felrhamantydd chwyldroadol. Ond nid yw’n wamal wrth trafod ei phynciau; yn amlmae’n amlygu sut gall gweithredoedd dyn fynd law yn llaw â diffyg cyfrifoldeb,fel yn achos bomiau niwclear, gollyngiadau olew a chwistrellu pryfleiddiaid.Mae ei gwaith yn creu trafodaeth ynglyn â chymhlethdodau ein cyflwr cyfoes,a’r ffaith na allwn ymwahanu oddi wrth ein hamgylchedd.

“Roedd angen cydweithio er mwyn adrodd straeon pobl eraill a thrafoddealltwriaeth foesegol am fydoedd eraill. Rhannodd David Mackenzie a JustinHale eu gwybodaeth bersonol am Indonesia â mi, gan adael i mi gael cipolwgar y diwylliant cymhleth hwn. Nid ffilmio’n unig wnaeth MacKenzie, ond daethyn gydweithiwr artistig i mi yn y broses o greu HAVOC.” SUSAN NORRIE

Susan Norrie uses film, photography and installation to explore thecatastrophes of manmade and natural disasters. Working with the fragilityof the environment and exploring the recent increase in the regularity ofearthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms and drought, Norrie commentson a world that is in flux and ecological change.

Digital imaging is an ideal medium to deal with the information overload of anincreasingly media orientated world. Norrie sees the artist as a barometer ofevents, and admits to liking the idea of the artist as a revolutionary romantic.This doesn’t mean that she treats her subjects lightly; she often highlights howman’s actions seem to be matched with an abrogation of responsibility such aswith the nuclear bomb, oil spills and insecticide spraying. Her work createsdiscussion of the complexities of our contemporary condition, and how wecannot separate ourselves from our environment.

“In telling other people’s stories and negotiating an ethical understanding ofother worlds, I needed to work collaboratively. Both David Mackenzie and JustinHale shared their historical and personal knowledge of Indonesia, allowing meaccess to this complex culture. Mackenzie not only filmed but becamemyartistic collaborator through the process of making HAVOC.“ SUSAN NORRIE

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Susan Norrie

HAVOC 2007Mynydd Bromo, Dwyrain Java, Indonesia(BapakMandik)2007(ar y cyd â David Mackenzie)Llun fideo llonydd o osodwaith fideo 16 sianelCamera, golygu a sain ar leoliad:David MackenzieNewyddiaduriaeth a chyfieithu: Justin HaleGyrru a thywys: Wowok (hadi ernowo)Cymysgu sain: Robert HindleyTrwy garedigrwydd yr Artist

HAVOC 2007Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia(BapakMandik)2007(in collaboration with David Mackenzie)Video still from 16 channelled video installationCamera, editing and location sound:David MackenzieJournalist and translator: Justin HaleDriver and guide: Wowok (hadi ernowo)SoundMixing: Robert HindleyCourtesy of the Artist

Dalziel + Scullion

Mae Matthew Dalziel a Louise Scullion yn archwilio sut beth yw bod ynddynol mewn byd naturiol. Gan gydnabod bod nifer o bobl yn “ymwneud âphobl eraill yn unig, bron” ac yn dibynnu’n llwyr ar dechnolegau artiffisial,mae eu gwaith yn canolbwyntio ar y bywyd sydd o’n cwmpas nad yw’n“ddynol”. Maent yn defnyddio ffotograffiaeth, fideo, sain a cherflunwaith iarchwilio cymhlethdod natur, a’r ffin amgylcheddol sy’n bodoli o’n hamgylch.

Dros y blynyddoedd, maent wedi gwneud ymdrech i adnabod a deallagweddau o’r tir a’i drigolion – anifeiliaid, adar, pryfed a phlanhigion. Ganeu bod yn byw ac yn gweithio ar arfordir dwyreiniol yr Alban, mae’r môr hefydyn gyfeirbwynt parhaol. Yn hytrach na chynnig darlun o’r tu allan i’r bydnaturiol, mae eu gwaith yn annog y gynulleidfa i ymgolli mewn rhaiagweddau ohono, yn aml o safbwynt planhigion neu adar.

Heb ymgyrchu mae Dalziel + Scullion yn cydweithio i dynnu sylw at y moddy mae’r ddynoliaeth yn dylanwadu ar yr ecosystemau bregus sy’n ffocws i’wgwaith. Mae eu gwaith yn ein helpu i weld a phrofi’r amgylchedd sydd o’ncwmpas o safbwynt gwahanol ac i feithrin perthynas newydd ag ef, a pharchnewydd at ein hecoleg gyffredin.

Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion are concerned with the position of beinghuman in the natural world. Acknowledging that many humans “participatealmost exclusively with other humans” and function increasingly with only man-made technologies, their work is primarily interested in observing themore than“human life forms” we live amongst. They employ photography, video, sound andsculpture to explore the complexities of nature, and the environmental frontierthat exists around us.

Over recent years they have immersed themselves in knowing and understandingaspects of the land and its inhabitants - animals, birds, insects and plants. Livingand working on the east coast of Scotland, the sea is also a continuous point ofreference. Rather than giving a view from outside the natural world, their workencourages the viewer to immerse themselves into aspects of it, often from theviewpoint of plants or birds.

Working collaboratively Dalziel + Scullion highlight but are careful not tocampaign about humankind’s influence on the delicate eco-systems they focusupon. Instead their work helps us to see and experience our environment froman alternative perspective and to establish a new relationship with it, a newrespect for our common ecology.

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Mwy Na Ni (manylyn)2007Trwy garedigrwydd yr Artistiaid

More Than Us (detail)2007Courtesy of the Artists

Vasco Araújo

Mae Vasco Araújo yn defnyddio perfformiadau, ffotograffiaeth, fideo acherflunwaith i ymchwilio i wahanol agweddau o’r cyflwr dynol. Mae’n gosodffigyrau a chymeriadau mewn lleoliadau arwyddocaol, ac yn defnyddio hendestunau neu wrthrychau i gyfeirio at gymhlethdodau a chyfyng-gyngorcymdeithasau’r gorffennol a’r presennol. Ymysg pethau eraill mae ei waithyn archwilio ymddygiad cymdeithasol, ystrydebau diwylliannol,cydymffurfiaeth, camwahaniaethu a hunaniaeth rywiol.

Ganwyd Vasco Araújo ym 1975 yn Lisbon, Portiwgal, lle mae’n byw ac yngweithio heddiw. Fe’i hyfforddwyd fel canwr yn wreiddiol, ac mae ei waithyn cyfeirio’n aml at fyd opera. Mae ei fideos yn aml yn defnyddio cymeriadauneu straeon cyfarwydd o fyd celf, llenyddiaeth a hanes Ewrop. O bryd i’wgilydd mae’n newid gwedd y pynciau yn ei ffilmiau a’r gwrthrychau, nid i gelueu hystyr, ond i gynyddu eu cyfeiriad at realaeth.

Mae Araújo yn gyfarwyddwr plotiau a chyflwyniad. Fel cyfarwyddwr theatrneu ffilm, mae’n yn dyfeisio cymeriadau a setiau er mwyn creu cyfeiriadau afydd yn ein galluogi i edrych ar gymdeithas o’r newydd. Mae ei waith yn aml-haenog, ac yn defnyddio amrywiaeth eang o gyfeiriadau a dylanwadau; mae’ndod o hyd i ddulliau o gwestiynnu cymdeithas fodern trwy ddefnyddioieithoedd cymdeithasau’r gorffennol, a thalu teyrnged iddynt.

Vasco Araújo uses performance, photography, video and sculpture to investigatedifferent aspects of the human condition. He places figures and characters withinsettings of significance, and uses existing texts or objects to allude to thecomplexities and conundrums of society, past and present. His work has exploredamongst many things - social behaviour, cultural stereotypes, conformity,discrimination and sexual identity.

Vasco Araújo was born in 1975 in Lisbon, Portugal, where he lives and workstoday. Originally trained as a singer, his work often refers to the world of operaand his videos frequently draw upon characters or stories we know fromEuropean culture, literature and history. Sometimes his subjects, in both filmand object, are presented in disguise, not to obscure their meaning but toincrease their reference to reality.

Araújo is a director of plot and presentation. He is a like a theatre or film director,constantly inventing characters and sets in order to construct allusions fromwhich we can view society afresh. His work is multi-layered, employing a widerange of references and influences; he finds ways of questioningmodern societyby using, and paying tribute to the languages of past societies.

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Merch y Gorllewin Euraidd2004Cylch fideo,18munud 28 eiliadPerfformiwr: Esther KyleTrwy garedigrwydd yr artista Galeria Filomena Soares,Lisbon

The Girl of the Golden West2004Video loop,18 minutes 28 secondsPerformer: Esther KyleCourtesy of the Artist& Galeria Filomena Soares,Lisbon

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Exhibition Guides Artes Mundi Live Guides are available in the galleries everyday to answer your questions about the works, the shortlisted artists and ArtesMundi’s activities.

Exhibition Tours A free guided tour of the exhibition is available at 2.30pm daily.On 30 March, 27 April & 25 May these will be available in Welsh. Sign up at theInformation Desk in the Main Hall.

Group Tours Tours are available for community groups, student groups,arts enthusiasts, special educational needs groups and low vision groups.Tours accompanied by a BSL interpreter available.

Pre-booking essential please telephone - 029 2057 3240 / 3278

Lunchtime Talks A series of free lunchtime talks complementing the exhibitionare available. Admission free, starting at 1.05pm. Book on arrival at the Museum’sInformation Desk.

Friday 11 AprilThe Flourishing of Contemporary Indian ArtDeepak Ananth, lecturer, curator and co - selector for Artes Mundi 2 discussesthe vibrant Indian contemporary art scene, currently the focus for manyinternational collectors.

Friday 25 AprilPhotography – a universal mediumMark Sealy, Director of Autograph, the Association of Black Photographers, exploresthe role of photography and the photographer in different societies across the world.

Friday 9 MayContemporary Chinese art:what is happening in China and its impact on artists in the UKSally Lai, independent curator traces what has been happening recently in Chinesecontemporary art and suggests the impact this has had on artists in the UK.

Art Activities for Families Workshops for all the family available everyweekend during the exhibition and daily from 21 March - 6 April (Easter Holidays)and 24 May - 1 June (Half Term), 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Workshops in Welsh everySunday 3pm.

• Find out how artists make their work• Make your own artwork to take home• Play games and hear real life stories from around the world

Workshops are free and last 1 hour. Pre booking recommended 029 2057 3148

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Tywyswyr yr Arddangosfa Bydd Tywyswyr Byw Artes Mundi ar gael yn yrorielau bob dydd i ateb eich cwestiynau am y gweithiau, yr artistiaid a gweithgareddauArtes Mundi.

Teithiau Tywys Bydd taith dywys o gwmpas yr arddangosfa bob dydd am 2.30pm.Bydd teithiau Cymraeg ar gael ar 29 Mawrth, 26 Ebrill a 31 Mai. Cofrestrwch wrth yDderbynfa yn y Brif Neuadd ar y diwrnod.

Teithiau Grwp Gellir trefnu teithiau ar gyfer grwpiau cymunedol, grwpiau o fyfyrwyr,pobl â diddordeb mewn celf, grwpiau ag anghenion addysg arbennig a grwpiau â namar eu golwg. Mae teithiau gyda dehonglydd BSL ar gael hefyd.

Rhaid bwcio, ffoniwch 029 2057 3240/3278

Sgyrsiau Amser Cinio Bydd cyfres o sgyrsiau amser cinio am ddim yn cydategu’rarddangosfa. Mynediad am ddim, yn dechrau am 1.05pm. Bwciwch wrth y Dderbynfayn y Brif Neuadd ar y diwrnod.

Dydd Gwener 11 EbrillFfyniant Celf Gyfoes IndiaDeepak Ananth, darlithydd, curadur ac un o ddewiswyr Artes Mundi 2 yn trafodbyd celf gyfoes llewyrchus India, sy’n ffocws i nifer fawr o gasglwyr rhyngwladolein dydd.

Dydd Gwener 25 EbrillFfotograffiaeth – cyfrwng i bawbMark Sealy, Cyfarwyddwr Autograph, Cymdeithas y Ffotograffwyr Duon, yn edrychar rôl ffotograffiaeth a’r ffotograffydd mewn gwahanol gymdeithasau ledled y byd.

Dydd Gwener 9 MaiCelf Gyfoes Tsieineaidd: beth sy’n digwydd yn Tsieina ac effaith hynar artistiaid ymMhrydainSally Lai, curadur annibynnol yn edrych ar ddatblygiadau diweddar ymmyd celf gyfoesTsieina ac yn awgrymu effeithiau hyn ar artistiaid ym Mhrydain.

Gweithgareddau Celf i Deuluoedd Mae gweithdai ar gyfer y teulu cyfan argael pob penwythnos yn ystod yr arddangosfa a phob dydd rhwng 21 Mawrth a 6 Ebrill(Gwyliau’r Pasg) a rhwng 24 Mai ac 1 Mehefin (Hanner Tymor) am 11am, 1pm a 3pm.Bydd gweithdy Cymraeg pob dydd Sul am 3pm.

• Dysgwch sut creodd yr artistiaid eu gwaith• Gwnewch eich campwaith eich hun i’w gadw• Chwaraewch gemau a chlywed straeon go iawn o bedwar ban y byd

Mae’r gweithdai am ddim ac maent yn para 1 awr. Argymhellir bwcio 029 2057 3148

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School and Educational Group Visits During term time educational groupscan pre-book special workshops or group tours to explore the content of the exhibition.Live Guides are trained to provide workshops for low vision groups and children andyoung people with special educational needs. Special workshops have also been devisedfor early years children.All workshops are free, pre booking essential - 029 2057 3240/ 3278

Artes Mundi Education Pack For Artes Mundi 3 an Education Pack has beendevised. Full of learning ideas and activities that link to the National Curriculum,specifically Art and Design, as well as relating to English, Citizenship, Science andGeography, it contains an interactive gallery of 101 images. The Artes Mundi 3 EducationPack is downloadable from www.artesmundi.org

Artes Mundi 3 Conference

Climate Change - Gauging the Temperature 23 & 24 April 2008

An international conference for those interested in the visual arts andthe environment, organised in partnership with UWIC Art & Design.Speakers including the exhibiting artists will examine how the contemporary visualarts are discussing and responding to emerging information and recent debateson climate change.Price: £70 (£35 concessions)For further information and booking details please visit www.artesmundi.org

Sans façon – Conducting the sounds of the cityArtes Mundi has commissioned Sans façon to generate an interactive andmemorable experience for Cardiff’s city centre users over a two week periodfrom the 19th to 27th April.For more information visit www.artesmundi.org

City Centre Exhibition 18 March - 28 April

Artworks that have been created by groups and individuals who participated in ArtesMundi’s Artist led workshops across South Wales will be on show in Cardiff City Centre.On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April 2007, 10am - 3pm in St David’s Shopping Centre,outside Marks & Spencer and Debenhams, the Artists will be on hand to help youmake your own piece of art.For more information visit www.artesmundi.org

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Ymweliadau gan Ysgolion a Grwpiau Addysg Yn ystod y tymor, caiff grwpiauaddysg drefnu gweithdai neu deithiau ymlaen llaw i edrych ar gynnwys yr arddangosfa.Mae’r Tywyswyr wedi cael hyfforddiant i gyflwyno gweithdai i bobl â nam ar eu golwg aphlant a phobl ifanc ag anghenion addysg arbennig. Cynlluniwyd gweithdai arbennig argyfer disgyblion y blynyddoedd cynnar hefyd.Mae’r holl weithdai’n rhad ac am ddim, rhaid bwcio 029 2057 3240/ 3278

Pecyn Addysg Artes Mundi Crëwyd Pecyn Addysg ar gyfer Artes Mundi 3. Mae’rpecyn yn llawn syniadau a gweithgareddau addysgol sy’n cyd-fynd â’r CwricwlwmCenedlaethol, yn arbennig Celf a Dylunio ond hefyd Saesneg, Dinasyddiaeth,Gwyddoniaeth a Daearyddiaeth. Mae’n cynnwys pecyn rhyngweithiol o 101 o ddelweddau.Gellir lawrlwytho Pecyn Addysg Artes Mundi 3 owww.artesmundi.org

Cynhadledd Artes Mundi 3

Newid Hinsawdd – Mesur y Tymheredd 23 a 24 Ebrill 2008

Cynhadledd ryngwladol ar gyfer pobl â diddordeb yn y celfyddydau gweledola’r amgylchedd, mewn partneriaeth ag Ysgol Celf a Dylunio UWIC.Bydd y siaradwyr, sy’n cynnwys yr artistiaid sy’n arddangos eu gwaith,yn edrych ar y ffordd y mae’r celfyddydau gweledol yn trafod ac yn ymatebi wybodaeth newydd sy’n codi o drafodaethau diweddar am y newid ynyr hinsawdd.Pris: £70 (£35 i gonsesiynau)Am ragor o wybodaeth a manylion bwcio, ewch i www.artesmundi.org

Sans façon – Yn arwain seiniau’r ddinasMae Artes Mundi wedi comisiynu Sans façon i greu profiad rhyngweithiol a chofiadwyi bobl sy’n ymweld â chanol dinas Caerdydd rhwng 19 a 27 Ebrill.Am ragor o wybodaeth, ewch i www.artesmundi.org

Arddangosfa yng Nghanol y Ddinas 18 Mawrth - 28 Ebrill

Caiff gweithiau celf a grëwyd gan grwpiau ac unigolion a gymrodd ran yng ngweithdaiArtes Mundi dan arweiniad artistiaid eu harddangos yng nghanol dinas Caerdydd.Bydd yr artistiaid wrth law i’ch helpu chi i greu campwaith y tu allan i Marks &Spencer a Debenhams rhwng 10am a 3pm ar ddydd Sadwrn 5 a Sul 6 o Ebrill.Am ragor o wybodaeth ewch i www.artesmundi.org

Cydnabyddiaeth Acknowledgements

Mae Artes Mundi yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â nifer o sefydliadaua hoffem ddiolch i’r canlynol:

Artes Mundi works in partnership with many organisations and wouldlike to acknowledge and thank:

Partneriaid Cyfryngau Media Partners

Cefnogwyr Craidd Core Supporters

Partner Arddangosfa Exhibition Partner

Hoffai Artes Mundi ddiolch hefyd i noddwyr a phartneriaideraill yn ein gweithgareddau

Artes Mundi further acknowledges other supportersand partners in activity

Myristica Trust The Woo Charitable FoundationDerek Hill Foundation Visiting Arts Safle UWICCardiff School of Art & Design St David’s Hall

Fairbridge Cymru AWEMA Moss

ac i’n holl Gefnogwyr Unigol and to all our Individual Supporters

Partner Dylunio Design Partner

www.fbagroup.co.uk

Gwesty Partner Hotel Partner

Prif Noddwr Artes Mundi 3 Principal Sponsor Artes Mundi 3

Noddwyr a Chefnogwyr Artes Mundi 3Sponsors and Supporters Artes Mundi 3

Cyhoeddwyd y llawlyfr hwn i gyd-fynd ag Artes Mundi 3,arddangosfa fawreddog o waith y naw artist agyrhaeddodd y rhestr fer. Fe’i trefnwyd gan Artes Mundiar y cyd ag Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd.

© Gwobr Artes Mundi Cyfyngedig a’r artistiaid, 2008.

Mae Gwobr Artes Mundi Cyfyngedig yn ElusenGofrestredig yng Nghymru (rhif 1097377).

This Guide is published on the occasion of Artes Mundi3, a major exhibition of nine shortlisted artists,organised by Artes Mundi in association with theNational Museum Cardiff.

© Artes Mundi Prize Limited & the artists, 2008.

Artes Mundi Prize Limited is a Charity Registeredin Wales (No. 1097377).

Mae Artes Mundi’n dathlu artistiaid obedwar ban byd sy’n dechrau dod i’ramlwg am eu hymdriniaeth â’r cyflwrdynol ac am ychwanegu at eindealltwriaeth o’r ddynoliaeth. Ffrwythdwy flynedd o weithgarwch ym meysyddcelf, addysg a’r gymuned yw’rArddangosfa ryngwladol yma.

Artes Mundi celebrates emergingartists from around the world whodiscuss the human condition andadd to our understanding of humanity.This international Exhibition is theculmination of a two year cycle of art,education and community activity.

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Gwobr ac Arddangosfa Gelf Weledol Ryngwladol Cymru

Wales International Visual Art Exhibition and Prize

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