HABITAT REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT OF THE ‘BIG ART PROJECT’ IN CARDIGAN
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Adroddiad amgylcheddol yn rhoi’r golau gwyrdd i Gynnwrf Aberteifi
Mae adroddiad gwyddonol wedi canfod na fyddai dim effaith wael ar y rhywogaethau pysgod dynodedig yn Ardaloedd Cadwraeth Arbennig Afon Teifi os aiff gwaith yr artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Cynnwrf (“Turbulence”) ar gyfer y Big Art Project yn ei flaen. Caiff yr adroddiad llawn ei ryddhau heddiw gan y Big Art Project yn Aberteifi, ac mae i’w weld yn www.cardiganbigart.com.
Cafodd yr adroddiad gan Wyddonwyr Dŵr APEM ei gomisiynu gan yr ymgynghoriaeth gelf gyhoeddus annibynnol Safle a The Big Art Trust – ymddiriedolaeth elusennol i greu a hyrwyddo celf gyhoeddus gyda chymunedau lleol – oherwydd bod lleoliad arfaethedig Cynnwrf yn Afon Teifi’n agos at ddau safle o ddiddordeb gwyddonol sydd wedi’u gwarchod dan gyfraith Ewrop.
Edrychodd yr adroddiad ar effaith botensial Cynnwrf – yn enwedig wrth yrru golau a sain – ar eogiaid, siwin a llysywod pendoll yr afon a’r môr a’u harferion mudo. Aseswyd effaith y ceblau tanddwr ac adeiledd y gwaith celf ei hun hefyd.
Clwstwr o 127 bwi rhyngweithiol yw Cynnwrf a fydd yn nofio ar Afon Teifi nesaf at y Strand yn Aberteifi. Wedi’u cynnal gan gorff cwch suddedig ynghlwm wrth ddwy angor i ganiatáu i’r gwaith celf symud gyda’r llanw, bydd y bwiau’n cynnwys goleuadau LED ac uchelseinydd. Ar hyd y cei, bydd meicroffonau’n recordio lleisiau pobl sy’n cerdded heibio, yn eu storio o fewn y bwiau ac yn ysgogi’r goleuadau. Wrth i ddŵr yr afon gynhyrfu o dro i dro caiff y seiniau a storiwyd eu rhyddhau a chânt eu clywed fel ffrwd o leisiau ar y cei a’r lan.
Dyma gasgliadau allweddol adroddiad Gwyddonwyr Dŵr APEM:
- Golau
- Canfu mesuriadau’r golau fod treiddiad y golau a ryddheir gan y bwiau i mewn i golofn y dŵr yn debygol o fod yn gyfyngedig i gylch o fewn dau fetr i’r adeiledd. Er y gallai hyn beri i bysgod osgoi’r union fan hon yn ystod y nos, canfu’r adroddiad, gan y bydd Cynnwrf wedi’i leoli ar dro mewnol yr afon, ei bod yn annhebygol y ceid unrhyw effaith ar fudo gan y byddai’r pysgod mudol yn gallu mudo drwy’r afon yn rhannau canol ac allanol y tro, sydd yn debygol o gael eu dewis beth bynnag oherwydd y cerrynt dŵr cyflymach.
- Sain
- Ni fydd y sain o’r chwe uchelseinydd arfaethedig yn effeithio ar yr eogiaid a’r siwin gan eu bod i bob pwrpas yn fyddar ar yr ystodau sain a gaiff eu rhyddhau, a dim ond cyfran fechan o’r sain o’r uchelseinyddion a gâi ei drosglwyddo i’r golofn ddŵr. Canfu’r adroddiad y gallai rhywfaint o sain gael ei throsglwyddo i’r dŵr drwy’r polyn fyddai’n dal yr uchelseinyddion ond y byddai’n annhebygol o rwystro pysgod rhag mudo’n llwyddiannus heibio i’r safle.
- Clyw gwan sydd gan lysywod pendoll ac maent yn annhebygol o glywed sain a ddaw o’r uchelseinyddion na chael eu haflonyddu.
- Adeiledd angori’r bwiau
- Er y byddai’r cwch suddedig yn lleihau’r goleuni oddi tano, byddai hyn yn debyg i unrhyw gwch arall a fyddai wedi angori ac ni fernid y câi unrhyw effaith. Yn wir, gallai’r adeiledd gael effaith lesol i bysgod, trwy roi cysgod a lloches iddynt yn ystod y dydd. Mae llysywod pendoll, yn arbennig, yn hoffi mannau cysgodol yn ystod golau dydd.
Mae’r adroddiad hwn wedi’i gyflwyno i Gyngor Sir Ceredigion yn ogystal ag i Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd a’r Cyngor Cefn Gwlad, fel rhan o’r broses o geisio caniatâd cynllunio i osod Cynnwrf yn barhaol yn Afon Teifi. Ymgynghorwyd â’r tri chorff hyn drwy gydol y cyfnod astudio ac maent wedi derbyn casgliadau’r adroddiad.
Mae Cynnwrf Rafael Lozano-Hemmer yn un o nifer o brosiectau celf gyhoeddus a fwriedir o gwmpas y wlad fel rhan o brosiect uchelgeisiol Channel 4, Big Art Project, i gomisiynu celf gyhoeddus. Yn ôl yr artist, bwriedir i Cynnwrf “adlewyrchu traddodiad llafar, barddoniaeth a chân y Cymry.”
Cefnogir y Big Art Project gan yr elusen annibynnol Y Gronfa Gelf a chan Gyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr. Caiff cyfres o bedair rhan ei darlledu ar Channel 4 y gwanwyn yma.





10 users commented in " Adroddiad amgylcheddol yn rhoi’r golau gwyrdd i Gynnwrf Aberteifi "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHurray!! We can now see the light at the end of the tunnel (or at the end of the river! After all the latest doom and glum in the town, economy etc we will have at last something to bring tourism, talk, a buzz and boost to the local economy. Well done.
Jane Roche
What a complete load of balls . You’re talking just like they will, “crap”.
This 60ft monster piece of plastic and algae will really bring in the punters!
Just like Parc Aberporth will be bringing in 300 hundred jobs!
Get a life.
I can’t wait to start my urban terrorist duties.
Thanks a bunch Cerdigion, you know a nice bit of cloth on an emporer when yo see it!
Fantastic news. Very rare that the ‘we dont like change’ mob don’t get their way these days. Really happy to hear its got the go ahead.
Urban Terrorist duties eh ?
Hope we can count on you to be locking yourself on to a digger when they start the Bath House development then.
Or are you happy to leave large supermarket developments alone and focus your efforts on sabotaging modern art ?
Just what IS the point of this? There is no way this ‘thing’ will put Cardigan ‘on the map’ and those who think this will make a difference are seriously deluded! Cardigan is Cardigan, a unique little town where change is often frowned upon and to be honest as an incomer, I like it as it is!
The investigation was commissioned by Safle and the Big Art Trust, both bodies having a vested interest in the project proceeding. In other words, the report cannot be seen as being independent and unbiased because those who commissioned it are not and it is therefore meaningless. This is just typical of the way that the whole project has been handled so far by the art lobby, as they saw nothing wrong with having councillors vote on it at the planning meeting who were also on the steering committee for the project. One can only hope that the Ombudsman will return a verdict that the local politicos have acted improperly and that the planning permission will be overturned as it should be.
Of course, there’s no chance that an environmental report would dissuade the nay-sayers. But it’s the debate that’s interesting: the participative and argumentative taking of sides. This is public art even before it’s been made!
I know which side I am on, but people are talking about Cardigan and by any accounting surely that’s good? It would be great if the people of Cardigan are as confident of their culture and community as the people of Mexico City, Venice, Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton, Derby and Nottingham and all the other places where Lozano-Hemmer’s work has been invited and enjoyed.
I’m pleased to discover from the report that Cardigan is surrounded by wildlife and beauty, and I’m a birdwatcher as well as an art admirer. Another reason to visit.
Many years ago, two artists, Christo and Jean Claude, surrounded eleven islands in Miami with wide floating pink fabric frames for two weeks. There was a bru-ha-ha; politicians, planners, lawyers, scientists, residents, art critics, volunteer participants, conservationists, engineers, and the sewing machinists of the six million square feet of polypropylene: all had something to say, and the project went ahead.
The result was enormous kudos, economic benefit, a beautiful and poetic outcome, and a degree of public participation that merited the title of “public” art.
This discussion about “Turbulence” reminds me of that, in a quieter way, as do all the commissions. I think it can only be good for Cardigan.
I hope this doesn’t become a “Marmite” love-it-hate-it debate.
I’d be pleased to arrive at a welcoming B&B in Cardigan to see and share this art and your landscapes and wildlife. I’m not sure why any resentment is warranted?
What a shame that somany people are against this. No matter what is said and done they will always protest. They are incredibly ungreatful and the real travisty of this project is that there were so many other places that would have loved to have worked with such a visionary artist.
These NIMBYs really need to grow up and stop being so selfish and show some gratitude. But it will never happen because they believe they are right. They will read this and think I’m talking rubbish. Public art is so important, it has the power to change people and enrich them. It is vital that projects like this prevail over the narrow mindedness of those who don’t understand.
I really hope that the project goes ahead. I for one will be visiting all the way from York.
I am so glad the big art is going ahead.
I cant believe I live in a place so full of rude small minded individuals.
This artist is world renouned and we are incredibly lucky to have him working in our town. The ‘urban terrorist’ is obviously so small minded he cannot see what benifit this can have on the town.I hope you will also be protesting and damaging the castle if you are that adverse to change.
Its time to embrace the big art, be glad we were lucky enough to be picked and enjoy all the good things that come with it and stop focusing on small minded bigots.
Saw this on tv the other night, its amazing. Glad that you are getting it, i for 1 would love to come down from Scotland and see it.
Couldnt believe there was so many people against it.. considering all the other town and places on “big art” were very optimistic and open to just about anything. You have a load of backward folk there
Gadael ateb