Camouflage Stain – Tim Skinner

Insight into Power in the Land project, please visit website listed above to find out more, plus there is a publication that can be purchased via the website.

‘Power in the Land’ is a new initiative in north Wales that brings together a dynamic, diverse and multi-talented group of 10 artists to engage with issues of nuclear energy and the land. This work comes to fruition just as the last nuclear power station in Wales, Wylfa in Anglesey, shuts down at the end of 2015. ‘Power in the Land’ addresses both the local and the wider world, and aims to present works in video, sound, performance, installation and in graphic and photographic forms.

The works form a touring exhibition that will be seen in several venues across Wales before travelling to England and Europe. There will also be a publication as well as a series of public engagement events.

The 10 artists have been chosen for their exhibiting experience, their creativity and their willingness to explore beyond the obvious, to experiment and to engage in creative dialogue with each other. They have been working together on the site and responding to the physical, material and energetic presence of the power station, as well as locating it within the landscape, within the social community and within historical time.

Researching, recording and working together, their interactions with each other have stimulated the work as each artist attempts to come to grips with the conundrums of nuclear power. The impact made by the arrival of Wylfa in the 1960’s on the language and culture of this corner of Wales falls within the scope of this show together with the legacy of a major power institution on the landscape of the future.