Author Archives: seanandgusharris

What does ‘nature’ represent to us? A resource or commodity to be managed, exploited, possessed – and something from which we are separate? Or an intangible, omnipresent and all powerful ‘field’, to which we are (at the very least) inextricably connected – if not fully a part of. These contrasting perspectives represent poles on aContinue reading “Huia and Great Auk: Sanctity and Greed”

Charles Darwin wrote: ‘I distinctly remember the desire I had of being able to know something about every pebble in front of the hall door’. Without exception, all of the artists, archaeologists, scientists, farmers, teachers and generally sparky people with whom I’m fortunate to work share a keen eye and an unquenchable thirst for discovery.Continue reading “Amgueddfa Carreghofa”

Y Clymau Sy’n Cynnal – The Ties That Bind was presented in the state-of-the-art Watermill 3D cinema at Loggerheads Country Park on April 28th 2023. The event represented an important marker on a long and winding journey which began in a bog in Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed over a year ago – and has further yet toContinue reading “Y Clymau Sy’n Cynnal – The Ties That Bind at Loggerheads”

A definition of ritual is: noun: a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. adjective: relating to or done as a religious or solemn rite. I’m not sure I’ve anything to add to that other than to state that this may be the most important thingContinue reading “Re-animating the curlew: a ritual of hope and renewal”

I’ve been interested in the potential of culinary offerings that resonate with the core themes of my animated imagery since staging a feast – for the eyes, ears and tastebuds – for the Countryfile cameras; a showcase for my collaboration with the Great Crane Project and farming communities in the Somerset Levels. The resulting episodeContinue reading “More Food For Thought…”

For English scroll down… Yn ddiweddar, gydag Ysgol Dyffryn Iâl, Llandegla ac Ysgol Pen Barras, Rhuthun, rydym wedi bod yn meddwl am symbiosis: sut mae popeth yn dibynnu ar bopeth arall, sut na all unrhyw rywogaeth oroesi ar ei ben ei hun – gan gynnwys ein hunain. A beth sy’n digwydd pan fydd un edefynContinue reading “Y Clymau Sy’n Cynnal – The Ties That Bind”

THE CAVE HUNTERS AND THE TRUTH MACHINE (in both digital and clockwork formats) This special presentation brings to life beasts long gone from the landscape AND the journals of the early researchers who unearthed them in a story which is still unfurling today… Through the magic of animation the bones of Ice Age beasts, entombedContinue reading “Loggerheads Watermill Cinema presents…”

One of the best of many connections to emerge from the projection events held last autumn at Loggerheads Country Park (HQ of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB) was with Ysgol Bryn Coch, Mold. You know you’ve got real interest and commitment when four members of staff come out on a Friday evening at theContinue reading “Re-animating Our Connection To Nature”