Site: >>Esgair
Fraith, Clwedog. An abandoned farm in a conifer plantation, west Wales.
Two new and temporary architectures, designed by
>>McLucas, were introduced at the farm: 16
meter steel scaffolding cubes, running through the ruin and among the trees.
They were made up with floors and rudimentary features - stairs, furniture,
lighting. These three ‘houses’ became the setting for three interpenetrating
and episodic performances, each involving three sections of thirteen two minute
parts, with physical work, commentary and spoken source materials (records,
police statements, newspaper accounts), and amplified sound track. Five live
performers, including two local actors who had known Esgair Fraith in the
30s and 40s. A dead sheep. Various artifacts including flares, book, buckets
of milk, sheets and a pistol.
The audience of 300 were seated in an auditorium built of scaffolding running
through the neighboring plantation. Buses bringing the audience were parked
in a quarry over the ridge, where also were sited the generators.
