Art and regeneration in Haverfordwest
Artist Serena Korda was commissioned by Confluence to create a new participatory artwork for Haverfordwest that connected with the River Cleddau that flows through the centre of town. Paying homage to the anti-capitalist early 90’s underground rave scene in Pembrokeshire, Black Diamond harnessed the sonic power of the river to…
Watch Sharron Harris’s film of Serena Korda’s Black Diamond.
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Over the course of the summer 0f 2015, artist Serena Korda brought together a community of musicians from in and around Haverfordwest to create a sonic artwork inspired by the river Cleddau. Serena’s field recordings of trombones, mandolins, banjos, saws, drums (and much more!) being played at locations along the…
“Blood thickening bass rattles our chests, carrying us out of the woods, dancing, crying, sweating, laughing, pounding, shouting, clapping.” Black Diamond, Sunday 30 August from 4pm A rave boat travels upstream from Neyland to Haverfordwest, carrying a massive sound system playing Black Diamond, an electronic music track made with the…
Artist Serena Korda was commissioned by Confluence to create a new participatory artwork for Haverfordwest that connects with the River Cleddau flowing through the centre of town. Paying homage to the anti-capitalist early 90’s underground rave scene in Pembrokeshire, Black Diamond harnessed the sonic power of the river to create…
As Serena Korda’s Black Diamond event on Sunday 30 August draws closer, we wanted to let you know where and when you can you can experience this artwork on its journey up the river Cleddau from Neyland Marina to Haverfordwest Quay Street. The Black Diamond bus is full, but you…
Serena Korda has been appointed as our first Artist in residence and will begin work in early June building towards a performance at the end of August 2015. Serena’s proposal, “Black Diamond”, will combine the history and mythology of the Western Cleddau River to create a Rave music track with…
Our vision is that in ten years’ time the ancient port of Haverfordwest will have been re-imagined as a vibrant and distinctive market town, reconnected with its river, in full flow and charged by the creativity of its people.
