Skip to main content

Interview with Mary Morgan, 2024

Description

Interview with Mary Morgan, Secretary of the Ogmore Commoners Association since 1986, speaks about grazing the common from neighbouring Grize Farm as an experiment in wildlife conservation.Interview held on 8 September 2024 by Bettina Furnée, as part of her artist residency for Natur Am Byth with the High Brown Fritillary project, Vale of Glamorgan. Bettina interviewed volunteers, ecologists and commoners who maintain Old Castle Down as the last habitat of the High Brown Fritillary in Wales. These conversations are the artist’s source for the lyrics of Britheg Brown, a clarion call for the butterfly, set to music by Welsh composer Emma Daman Thomas. Local singers will perform the song for film on Old Castle Down in collaboration with St Brides Major Primary school choir, speakers and harpist

Owner:
Bettina Furnée
Creator:
Bettina Furnée
License information:
Item uploaded:
6/10/2025
Views:
35
Favourites:
0

Contact Us

To request take down or report racist, offensive or otherwise harmful content.

Man writing a letter

You must be logged in to leave a comment