Fragment 3: "And I own it"...The trouble with buying art -Ian Rowlands, Russell Gomer, Rhodri Davies
Neuadd Trehopcyn / Hopkinstown Hall, Pontypridd, CF37 2RA
Friday 23rd October 2026 7:30PM
From the moment I saw you,
I knew,
I didn't need you,
I could've lived my life without you,
I wouldn't ever have missed you,
Something would've hung on my wall, if it wasn't you.
But the desire:
So consuming:
Drove me to posses you,
So I bought you,
Paid less than your worth,
And after,
I felt as if I'd just stolen God.
Bydd y dramodydd Ian Rowlands, a fagwyd yn y Porth, bu ei fodryb Auntie Winnie yn byw yn Nhrehopcyn, yn rhannu ychydig o'i hanesion o ran y lluniau mae wedi bod yn berchen arnyn nhw ... hynny yw, beth bynnag yw gwir ystyr y gair 'perchen'. Mae And I own it yn fonolog ddifyr, ddoniol sy'n procio'r cydwybod am obsesiwn a blys.
Presented by Pontypridd based actor Russell Gomer (Stella, Sky One). Live harp by Rhodri Davies (Hen Ogledd) The reading will be followed by a talk on owning art from the perspective of two artists, Bari Goddard (Pontypridd) and Pol Maghuire (Belfast)
Caiff y fonolog ei chyflwyno gan yr actor o Bontypridd, Russell Gomer (Stella, Sky One). Telyn gan Rhodri Davies (Hen Ogledd) Wedi'r cyflwyniad bydd sgwrs am natur perchnogaeth celf o berspectif dau artist: Bari Goddard o Bontypridd a Pol Maghuire o Belfast.
A note:
Fragments 3 denotes that, "And I own it" is the third Fragment in a series of 5. Presentations of 3 of the other 4 texts have already taken place in Wales, the Netherlands and Ireland. Image Nerea Martinez de Lecea
"And I own it" yw'r trydedd monolog mewn cyfres o bump. Eisoes fe gyflwynwyd 3 allan o'r 4 monolog sy'n weddill yng Nghymru, yr Iseldiroedd a'r Iwerddon. Llun Nerea Martinez de Lecea
Performance in English / perfformiad yn Saesneg
THIS IS A 'PAY WHAT YOU LIKE EVENT' WITH A MINIMUM OF £5 AND SUGGESTED PRICE OF £10. WHILE THIS PLATFORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO DO THIS, FOR SOME REASON THE DEFAULT PRICE COMES UP AS £10
Russ Gomer
Russ trained at The Welsh College of Music and Drama which, alas, obtained the royal charter only after he’d left. Dammit! He was a founder member of the much acclaimed, Fiction Factory Theatre Co. which toured the plays of Ed Thomas throughout Europe and UK. They ‘flew the flag’
for Wales, on two consecutive years at The Royal Court. He has appeared in several productions for The R.S.C. and was an associate of Wales Theatre Co. performing under the directorship of the hugely respected Michael Bogdanov, in many large productions. T.V. credits include, High
Hopes; Not Getting Any; Tree On A Hill; Holby City and six series as, the troubled, hippy sex-god, Yanto Bead in ‘Stella’ for Sky One.
Rhodri Davies
is a harpist, improviser, composer and multidisciplinary artist. He plays harp, bray harp, horsehair harp, electric harp and builds wind, water, ice, dry ice and fire harp installations and has released eight solo albums. His regular groups include HEN OGLEDD, Common Objects, IST and duos with John Butcher and Mark Sanders. He has worked with the following artists: Derek Bailey, Hamid Drake, Will Gaines, Jenny Hval, Sofia Jernberg, Kahimi Karie, Lina Lapelyte, Nicole Mitchell, Butch Morris, David Sylvian, Pat Thomas and Otomo Yoshihide.
In 2008 he collaborated with the visual artist Gustav Metzger on ‘Self-cancellation’, a large-scale audio-visual collaboration in London and Glasgow. In 2012 he received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Grants to Artists Award, he was a Chapter Associate Artist (2016-19) and in 2017 received a Creative Wales Award. He co-organises the NAWR concert series in Abertawe-Swansea.
Bari Goddard
Born in Glyntaf Pontypridd in 1958, my work encompasses painting, drawing, photography, video and music.
After my Foundation course in Art at Swansea Art College, I gained a B.A.(hons) in Illustration/Fine Art at Newport Art College.
I have performed, toured, photographed and recorded with artists as diverse as Jimmy Somerville, Madonna, Cliff Richard, Banderas, Horse, and Then Jerico, Holly Johnson etc.
Currently in the studio recording the second album with my band KNIVES and completing works for my next London exhibition of paintings entitled 'Y Glyn Amryliw' for 2027.
2020 '52' Gay Pride Exhibition London.
2020 'Resident or Visitor' exhibition Athens, Greece.
2018 - 2021 'The 13 Group' exhibitions in Split, Koprivnice and Groznan, Croatia.
2024 '40 Years On' exhibition Newport Museum & Art Gallery, South Wales.
2024 'THE DRESS' solo exhibition Bonnington Gallery, Vauxhall London.
2024 'Sunwise' solo exhibition, Atlantis Gallery, London.
2025 'Window Shopping' solo exhibition Bonnington Gallery, Vauxhall London.
2025 'Well Hung' exhibition, Atlantis Gallery, London.
Pól Mag Uidhir
is a writer of poetry, prose, and theatre (in English and Irish) as well as an artist, creating illustrations and political cartoons and offering a spittle of resistance to the regime. He is also a maker of short films and recently expanded into animations. He has received a number of awards for his work, including the Gradam na hAmharclainne Prize for drama, the Brian Moore Short Story Award and Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Adult Jury Prize for live-action short films. He has recently exhibited his bilingual illustrated poetry Camouflage, North and Erasing Palestine. He used to have a naïve hope for the Western Civilisation Project. Not anymore.
I knew,
I didn't need you,
I could've lived my life without you,
I wouldn't ever have missed you,
Something would've hung on my wall, if it wasn't you.
But the desire:
So consuming:
Drove me to posses you,
So I bought you,
Paid less than your worth,
And after,
I felt as if I'd just stolen God.
A note:
Fragments 3 denotes that, "And I own it" is the third Fragment in a series of 5. Presentations of 3 of the other 4 texts have already taken place in Wales, the Netherlands and Ireland. Image Nerea Martinez de Lecea
"And I own it" yw'r trydedd monolog mewn cyfres o bump. Eisoes fe gyflwynwyd 3 allan o'r 4 monolog sy'n weddill yng Nghymru, yr Iseldiroedd a'r Iwerddon. Llun Nerea Martinez de Lecea
Performance in English / perfformiad yn Saesneg
THIS IS A 'PAY WHAT YOU LIKE EVENT' WITH A MINIMUM OF £5 AND SUGGESTED PRICE OF £10. WHILE THIS PLATFORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO DO THIS, FOR SOME REASON THE DEFAULT PRICE COMES UP AS £10
Russ Gomer
Russ trained at The Welsh College of Music and Drama which, alas, obtained the royal charter only after he’d left. Dammit! He was a founder member of the much acclaimed, Fiction Factory Theatre Co. which toured the plays of Ed Thomas throughout Europe and UK. They ‘flew the flag’
for Wales, on two consecutive years at The Royal Court. He has appeared in several productions for The R.S.C. and was an associate of Wales Theatre Co. performing under the directorship of the hugely respected Michael Bogdanov, in many large productions. T.V. credits include, High
Hopes; Not Getting Any; Tree On A Hill; Holby City and six series as, the troubled, hippy sex-god, Yanto Bead in ‘Stella’ for Sky One.
Rhodri Davies
is a harpist, improviser, composer and multidisciplinary artist. He plays harp, bray harp, horsehair harp, electric harp and builds wind, water, ice, dry ice and fire harp installations and has released eight solo albums. His regular groups include HEN OGLEDD, Common Objects, IST and duos with John Butcher and Mark Sanders. He has worked with the following artists: Derek Bailey, Hamid Drake, Will Gaines, Jenny Hval, Sofia Jernberg, Kahimi Karie, Lina Lapelyte, Nicole Mitchell, Butch Morris, David Sylvian, Pat Thomas and Otomo Yoshihide.
In 2008 he collaborated with the visual artist Gustav Metzger on ‘Self-cancellation’, a large-scale audio-visual collaboration in London and Glasgow. In 2012 he received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Grants to Artists Award, he was a Chapter Associate Artist (2016-19) and in 2017 received a Creative Wales Award. He co-organises the NAWR concert series in Abertawe-Swansea.
Bari Goddard
Born in Glyntaf Pontypridd in 1958, my work encompasses painting, drawing, photography, video and music.
After my Foundation course in Art at Swansea Art College, I gained a B.A.(hons) in Illustration/Fine Art at Newport Art College.
I have performed, toured, photographed and recorded with artists as diverse as Jimmy Somerville, Madonna, Cliff Richard, Banderas, Horse, and Then Jerico, Holly Johnson etc.
Currently in the studio recording the second album with my band KNIVES and completing works for my next London exhibition of paintings entitled 'Y Glyn Amryliw' for 2027.
2020 '52' Gay Pride Exhibition London.
2020 'Resident or Visitor' exhibition Athens, Greece.
2018 - 2021 'The 13 Group' exhibitions in Split, Koprivnice and Groznan, Croatia.
2024 '40 Years On' exhibition Newport Museum & Art Gallery, South Wales.
2024 'THE DRESS' solo exhibition Bonnington Gallery, Vauxhall London.
2024 'Sunwise' solo exhibition, Atlantis Gallery, London.
2025 'Window Shopping' solo exhibition Bonnington Gallery, Vauxhall London.
2025 'Well Hung' exhibition, Atlantis Gallery, London.
Pól Mag Uidhir
is a writer of poetry, prose, and theatre (in English and Irish) as well as an artist, creating illustrations and political cartoons and offering a spittle of resistance to the regime. He is also a maker of short films and recently expanded into animations. He has received a number of awards for his work, including the Gradam na hAmharclainne Prize for drama, the Brian Moore Short Story Award and Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Adult Jury Prize for live-action short films. He has recently exhibited his bilingual illustrated poetry Camouflage, North and Erasing Palestine. He used to have a naïve hope for the Western Civilisation Project. Not anymore.
Event Details
Starts at 7:30PM
Location
Neuadd Trehopcyn / Hopkinstown Hall, Pontypridd, CF37 2RAPrice
Ticket price incl. booking fee
£10.78
