The production of a creative access resource soundscape and audio description of Pontypridd museum’s ornamental ceiling for a partially sighted or blind visitor to interact with. The piece is listened to on a cassette player to reflect the time the place reopened as a museum in the late 80s, having been a Welsh Tabernacl Chapel.

In collaboration with Pontypridd Museum and Sight Life Wales, CTA students each produced different resources in response to artefacts and artworks in the museum. This is to ensure that everybody has equal access to art and should never have to face any barriers to experiencing the multi sensory feelings, emotions, and immersion art brings.

With the beautiful Welsh tones of Huw Morgan, the script and descriptions came to life under the crazy metaphor of a lavish wedding cake that the ceiling reminded me of!

Feedback of all the beautiful creative access resources on the course ranging from sound pieces to tactile pieces was a success, and members of Sight Life Wales hadn’t quite had an experience like it. This needs to improve in galleries, museums and everywhere: everyone should be able to experience arts and culture freely, with ease and with enjoyment.

Flipbook instructions of how to interact with the piece:https://online.fliphtml5.com/qieyw/nsbw/#p=1

Creative Access Resource: Audio description and soundscape for Pontypridd Museum's Decorative Ceiling, November 2023

"It was totally unexpected, the different artwork took me by surprise...that I was able to touch and feel like I was in the artwork, able to explore with my hands to feel the artwork, able to smell and hear them, got me excited about the artwork I experienced. I never imagined that I would be able to feel that way about artwork that was there".

-Steve, Sight Life Wales, 2023

"I thought that the standard of exhibits was extremely high and lots of consideration was given to making each exhibit as accessible and as inclusive as possible for blind and partially sighted people".

-Stuart, Sight Life Wales, 2023

Photographs depict some members of Sight Life listening to the soundscape whilst interacting with other CTA students' tactile pieces of the ceiling, to enhance the audio descriptions.

Pontypridd Museum later curated an 'Immersive Exhibition' showcasing all the creative access resources together. This was a way of celebrating these creations and highlighting the necessity of putting accessibility first in exhibits and displays for individuals’ experiences who are blind or partially sighted (February 5th- 24th, 2024). https://www.pontypriddmuseum.wales/usw-therapeutic-art-student-protoype-projects-immersive-exhibition

Dubba and Mum (Mother and Daughter, Grandmother and Mother) on: The Power of Objects to Provoke Memories, Stories, Conversation, 2022

Having a chat with a cup of tea in bed: an exploration of social objects. Accompanied painting capturing the moment (acrylic, gouache, oil pastels).

Having gone through the literal making of a bench, photography, artist interviews, a final piece landed as a sound piece 'Noticing', inspired by what one observes from a bench, encouraging people to embody the same observant and inquisitive state we had when we were younger, when going about their busy lives. QR codes were scattered around parts of the UK in different areas to encourage this time to pause. I use real recordings of candid conversations, my own spoken writing on things I notice, sounds from the world, a composition to mirror experiences sitting on a bench and looking. I sought to add a storytelling touch to the piece to emphasise imagination and to create the overall effect as though I were reading to my younger brothers.

Website and sound piece for 'Noticing': https://crlammiman.wixsite.com/noticing

https://ksashow2021.kingston.ac.uk/students/connie-lammiman/

As part of my Final Major Project for my Fine art Foundation course at Kingston School of Art, I researched and made all around the topic of benches! I sought to answer questions and explorations like, when and why benches came about/the history of benches and do we humans have a sentimental relationship with them? Through this I explored memorial benches, community organisations and art projects centred around 'the bench', how I can make and develop a bench (looking into smart benches), the broad variety of uses we have for benches.

Benches. To remember someone, something. To take a rest. To wait. A place to chat, for conversation. A place for solitude to reflect and think. A place to cry. A place for friendship. A place to read. A place to write. A place to sleep. A place to eat. A place to drink. A place to smoke. A place from where to view something beautiful… or something not. A tool for exercise. A place for intimacy. A place to view art.

Flipbook of photography for 'Bench Project', 2021: https://online.fliphtml5.com/qieyw/ebmb/

Bench Blog!: https://crlammiman.wixsite.com/blogaboutbenches

The Bench Project, 2021

'The changing of the seasons', 2021

Sound piece and visuals; time based film of the changing of light throughout the day, and the sounds of birds communicating in Springfield park above a bench I sat on.

Bench music, peaceful: the feeling of noticing, 2021

2:17 minutes and seconds

'My friend stupid', poem and spoken word, 2021

1:09 minutes and seconds

Installation: The Quiet Zone, a miniature Green Bank Telescope at home, 2021

Multimedia installation: string, wooden skewers, rubber glove, fruit plastic netting, acrylic paint, rubber bands, cardboard, celery sticks and red pepper tops, clay, orange and blue plastic bag. Accompanied by soundscape plus visuals displayed on a phone.

Inspired by a place a place without mobile phones or radio waves.

“Oh no, here we go again”, 2021

Poem and pen and ink flipbook; closed captions poem on video, 0:46 seconds

‘Making sound from sound’, 2020

A journey of nostalgia through radio

2:12 minutes and seconds

'Hi here is my manifesto', 2020

An audio diary, spoken word

2:12 minutes and seconds

'Utopia', 2020

A digital collage and animation,

0:14 seconds

'Back to the days of dancing', 2020

Collaging past footage and sounds of subculture; gigs, festivals, in response to the lack of this musical connection during the Covid pandemic. Exploring nostalgia and surreal experiences.

2:18 minutes and seconds

'Layer upon layer', 2020

A sound collage through song and acoustic guitar, 2:53 minutes and seconds