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by Dafydda ap Gruffydd It has become increasingly apparent to me that my practice could no longer remain merely responsive to landscape. To walk, to traverse, to efface one’s own path is no longer sufficient in an epoch defined by ecological precarity and moral inertia. The time demanded not only motion, but position. And so, … Read more
When I meet Dafydda ap Gruffydd, she’s already halfway across the café. Not in the usual sense. She is literally halfway: mid-step, paused with quiet concentration, as if the act of crossing the floor were a kind of ritual, which for her it is. Her progress is almost imperceptible,glacial, reverent. We do not speak until … Read more
There are few artists alive today who make motion itself the medium. Fewer still approach that motion with the grace, precision, and brilliance of Dafydda ap Gruffydd. Known for her enigmatic land art and long-distance walking projects, Dafydda has recently turned her quiet, relentless attention to an unlikely new canvas: parkour. Parkour, often associated with … Read more
A wonderful memory-piece from Dafydda, who created this blistering work over a period of seven weeks in a park in Outer Dundee. “With this piece I was trying to draw attention, through carefully placed sticks, to the complex nature of life itself. Each stick represents both the unknown in the future and, at the same … Read more