Cardiff’s Gwenno and her album Y Dydd Olaf has inspired a new piece of street art highlighting the value of the local creative industries.
The mural, which has been unveiled in Cardiff, was created by local artist and designer, Mark James and is the second in a series commissioned by the consumer education initiative Get it Right from a Genuine Site. The organisation works to promote and increase awareness and respect for the value of the UK’s creative industries.
Gwenno’s Y Dydd Olaf is a concept album based on the 1976 Welsh language sci-fi novel of the same name by Owain Owain. The design adorns the walls of the iconic Clwb Ifor Bach, a creative hub, nightclub and music venue also known for its Welsh-language club and community centre.
Commenting, Gwenno said: ‘Get it Right from a Genuine Site is promoting a very important message to young people about the value of creativity on their own doorstep and beyond. Wales produces some of the brightest creative talents in the world; in every discipline imaginable.
‘We have many unique and important stories to share through our art, and in order to be able to continue the wider community must support us by getting our work from legitimate sources. That’s what the @getitright campaign stands for. I’m honoured to be part of this artwork that celebrates and represents all the wonderful creativity that this city has to offer.’
The launch of the wall in follows the successful unveiling of an 18m high mural at the Custard Factory in Birmingham which featured poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah.
Visit getitrightfromagenuinesite.org
Gwenno's album recently won the Welsh Music Prize. Read the story.
The mural, which has been unveiled in Cardiff, was created by local artist and designer, Mark James and is the second in a series commissioned by the consumer education initiative Get it Right from a Genuine Site. The organisation works to promote and increase awareness and respect for the value of the UK’s creative industries.
Gwenno’s Y Dydd Olaf is a concept album based on the 1976 Welsh language sci-fi novel of the same name by Owain Owain. The design adorns the walls of the iconic Clwb Ifor Bach, a creative hub, nightclub and music venue also known for its Welsh-language club and community centre.
Commenting, Gwenno said: ‘Get it Right from a Genuine Site is promoting a very important message to young people about the value of creativity on their own doorstep and beyond. Wales produces some of the brightest creative talents in the world; in every discipline imaginable.
‘We have many unique and important stories to share through our art, and in order to be able to continue the wider community must support us by getting our work from legitimate sources. That’s what the @getitright campaign stands for. I’m honoured to be part of this artwork that celebrates and represents all the wonderful creativity that this city has to offer.’
The launch of the wall in follows the successful unveiling of an 18m high mural at the Custard Factory in Birmingham which featured poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah.
Visit getitrightfromagenuinesite.org
Gwenno's album recently won the Welsh Music Prize. Read the story.
