Chapter Gallery

It’s your last chance to see the works of Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air

Through installation and film, Imogen explores what it means to have a voice, and what it means to listen, inviting us to engage with communication beyond words, through gesture, rhythm and atmosphere.

Visit the exhibition from Tuesday – Sunday, 12–5pm until 7 June.
🔗 Find out more via link in our bio

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Dyma’ch cyfle olaf i weld gwaith Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air

Drwy osodwaith a ffilm, mae Imogen yn archwilio beth yw ystyr bod â llais, a beth yw ystyr gwrando, gan ein gwahodd ni i edrych ar gyfathrebu y tu hwnt i eiriau, drwy ystum, rhythm ac awyrgylch. 

Ar agor Mawrth-Sul, 12-5yh, tan 7 Mehefin.

🔗 Mwy o wybodaeth am yr arddangosfa drwy’r ddolen yn ein bio

It’s your last chance to see the works of Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air

Through installation and film, Imogen explores what it means to have a voice, and what it means to listen, inviting us to engage with communication beyond words, through gesture, rhythm and atmosphere.

Visit the exhibition from Tuesday – Sunday, 12–5pm until 7 June.
🔗 Find out more via link in our bio

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Dyma’ch cyfle olaf i weld gwaith Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air

Drwy osodwaith a ffilm, mae Imogen yn archwilio beth yw ystyr bod â llais, a beth yw ystyr gwrando, gan ein gwahodd ni i edrych ar gyfathrebu y tu hwnt i eiriau, drwy ystum, rhythm ac awyrgylch. 

Ar agor Mawrth-Sul, 12-5yh, tan 7 Mehefin.

🔗 Mwy o wybodaeth am yr arddangosfa drwy’r ddolen yn ein bio

It’s your last chance to see Nina Thomas’ work in our café bar.

In The Broken Speaker, Nina works with captioning and silent film as her medium to explore speech, voice and silence, situating these within Deaf and disabled historical contexts.

Throughout the work, she expands captioning both within and beyond the frame; you will see the captions move onto the café bar walls here at Chapter. She’s deliberately chosen to caption breath and hesitation – elements often omitted in traditional captioning – rather than treated as a failure of communication, here they become meaningful in their own right. Breath occupies the space between us. Nina turns toward instances of uncertainty and interdependence in her work, and searches for moments of shared understanding.

About the artist

Nina Thomas is an artist; her work often explores captioning as a creative medium. Nina is profoundly deaf and has worked for many years to advocate for change in the cultural sector, working with cultural venues to improve accessibility. She was a trustee of the charity Stagetext, a founding member of The Film Bunch (a deaf and hard-of-hearing film organisation). As an artist, Nina has exhibited at venues such as LUX, British Ceramics Biennial, The Crypt Gallery (NW1), Liberty Festival 2022, Tate Exchange (Tate Modern, London) and OVADA (Oxford).

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Dyma’ch cyfle olaf i weld gwaith Nina Thomas yn ein caffi bar.

Yn The Broken Speaker, mae Nina’n gweithio gyda chapsiynau a ffilmiau mud fel ei chyfrwng i archwilio lleferydd, llais a thawelwch, gan osod y rhain mewn cyd-destunau hanesyddol Byddar ac anabl.

Drwy ei gwaith, mae’n ehangu capsiynau yn y ffrâm a’r tu hwnt iddi; byddwch yn gweld y capsiynau’n symud i waliau’r caffi bar yma yn Chapter. Mae hi wedi dewis capsiynu anadlu ac oedi yn bwrpasol – elfennau sy’n aml yn cael eu gadael o gapsiynau traddodiadol – yn hytrach na’u trin fel methiant cyfathrebu, yma maen nhw’n dod yn ystyrlon yn eu rhinwedd eu hunain. Anadl yn llenwi’r gofod rhyngon ni. Mae Nina yn rhoi sylw i ansicrwydd a rhyngddibyniaeth yn ei gwaith, ac yn chwilio am eiliadau o gyd-ddealltwriaeth.

COMMS FAIL by Roy Claire Potter is a new sound installation in our gallery from 27 June – 1 August.

Shaped by an autistic approach to communication, where meaning is not only carried by words but through pattern, rhythm, texture and environment. Sound moves through objects, surfaces and bodies.

COMMS FAIL is an evolving project moving across performance, radio, exhibition and publication, with each version building from the last. This iteration extends a live performance first staged in Liverpool and broadcast on Resonance FM, into a month-long listening environment.

Roy is an artist writer whose practice spans experimental writing, vocal performance, drawing, sound art and installation. Their work explores communication constraints, subtext and complex group dynamics – often with a wilful humour.

COMMS FAIL is a Partner Award 2025 commission with , made possible by Arts Council England ().

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Gosodwaith sain newydd gan Roy Claire Potter yw COMMS FAIL a fydd yn yr oriel rhwng 27 Mehefin ac 1 Awst.

Mae wedi’i lywio gan ddull awtistig o gyfathrebu, lle nad geiriau yn unig sy’n cario ystyr ond patrwm, rhythm, gwead ac amgylchedd. Mae sain yn symud drwy wrthrychau, arwynebau a chyrff.

Mae COMMS FAIL yn brosiect esblygol, gan symud ar draws perfformiadau, radio, arddangosfeydd a chyhoeddi, gyda phob fersiwn yn adeiladu ar y diwethaf. Mae’r cam yma’n ehangu ar berfformiad byw a lwyfannwyd am y tro cyntaf yn Lerpwl ac a ddarlledwyd ar Resonance FM, mewn amgylchedd gwrando dros gyfnod o fis.

Artist ac awdur yw Roy, y mae eu gwaith yn cynnwys ysgrifennu arbrofol, perfformiadau lleisiol, arlunio, celf sain a gosodwaith. Mae eu gwaith yn archwilio cyfyngiadau cyfathrebu, is-destun, a deinameg grŵp cymhleth – yn aml â hiwmor bwriadol.

Mae COMMS FAIL yn waith comisiwn Gwobr Partner 2025 gyda Gŵyl Ddwyflynyddol Lerpwl, a wnaed yn bosib diolch i Gyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr ().

Join us to celebrate the opening of Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air, this Saturday from 4–7pm.

Imogen’s moving image and installation form a sonic-somatic landscape of voicing, shaped by people who experience different ways of being.

Everyone is welcome.

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In a thread of air is supported by principal funder , , and .
AV and installation by Exhibition Services.

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Ymunwch â ni i ddathlu agoriad o Imogen Stidworthy: In a thread of air, ddydd Sadwrn 21 Mawrth, 4–7pm.

Mae gosodwaith a delwedd symudol Imogen yn ffurfio tirlun sonig-somatig o leisio, wedi’i siapio gan bobl sy’n profi gwahanol ffyrdd o fod.

Mae croeso i bawb.

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Cefnogir In a thread of air gan Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol Colwinston, Sefydliad Freelands, Cyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr a Phrifysgol John Moores Lerpwl.
Cymorth ychwanegol gan Spike Island Exhibition Services.

Introducing our 2026-27 gallery programme and collaborating artists ✨
chapter.org/news/2026-27-gallery-programme

Nina Thomas | March – May
Café installation
Exploring captioning as a medium across moving image, installation and archives, Nina's work observes and reflects on sound, language, voice and deaf silence.

Imogen Stidworthy | March – June
Gallery exhibition
Imogen’s moving image and installation form a sonic-somatic landscape of voicing, shaped by people who experience different ways of being.

Roy Claire Potter | June – July
Gallery exhibition
Roy’s sculpture and sound amplify autistic perspectives on communication, using ideas from amateur radio and radio astronomy.

Mohammad Z. Rahman | June – August
Residency
Joining us this summer, Mohammed's practice brings socio-political and personal histories in conversation through the lenses of magic, oral history and the domestic.

Lu Williams x ArcadeCampfa | June – September
Café installation
ArcadeCampfa programme with and in public and civic spaces in Wales, supporting artists to make new work through residencies, projects and print. In the café, they'll be presenting Lu Williams's work.
Lu produces sculpture, print, zines, drawing, writing, video, events and workshops through research, community engagement, collecting and collaboration.

Sophie Mak-Schram and Alice Rekab | August – September
Gallery exhibition
Alice and Sophie explore the overlaps of mixed identities, non-white Celtic and decolonial imaginaries across Ireland and Wales.

Rita Keegan | October
Billboard installation
Through family histories, Rita reflects on interconnectedness and a shared sense of belonging.

Michelle Williams Gamaker | November
Screening
Using body horror and film noir genres, Michelle offers a fictional healing of 1930s screen star Merle Oberon in her new film Strange Evidence.

Rehana Zaman
On tour, gallery exhibition in 2027
Through film and sculptue, Rehana explores land use, ownership and environmental collapse from the experiences of agricultural workers.

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Yn cyflwyno rhaglen yr oriel 2026-27 a’r artistiaid fydd yn cydweithio gyda ni ✨
chapter.org/cy/news/rhaglen-yr-oriel-2026-27

Nina Thomas | Mawrth – Mai
Gosodwaith yn y caffi bar
Ar draws ffilm a gosodwaith, mae gwaith Nina’n canolbwyntio ar hanesion byddar, y profiad o golli clyw, a sut beth yw byw mewn byd sy’n clywed.

Imogen Stidworthy | Mawrth – Mehefin
Arddangosfa yn yr oriel
Mae gosodwaith a delwedd symudol Imogen yn ffurfio tirlun sonig-somatig o leisio, wedi’i siapio gan bobl sy’n profi gwahanol ffyrdd o fod.

Roy Claire Potter | Mehefin – Gorffennaf
Arddangosfa yn yr oriel
Mae cerflunwaith a sain Roy yn hyrwyddo safbwyntiau awtistig ar gyfathrebu, gan ddefnyddio syniadau o radio amatur a seryddiaeth radio.

Mohammad Z. Rahman | Mehefin – Awst
Preswylfa
Mae gwaith Mohammed, fydd yn ymuno â ni dros yr haf, yn rhannu hanesion personol a chymdeithasol-wleidyddol mewn sgwrs drwy lens hud, hanesion llafar, a’r domestig.

Lu Williams x ArcadeCampfa
Gosodwaith yn y caffi bar, Mehefin – Medi

Mae Lu Williams yn cynhyrchu cerflunwaith, cylchgronau, gwaith arlunio, ysgrifennu, fideo, digwyddiadau a gweithdai, drwy ymchwil, ymgysylltu â’r gymuned, casglu, a chydweithio.
Rhaglen ArcadeCampfa gyda ac mewn mannau cyhoeddus a dinesig yng Nghymru, yn cefnogi artistiaid i greu gwaith newydd drwy breswylfeydd, prosiectau a chyhoeddiadau print.

Sophie Mak-Schram ac Alice Rekab | Awst – Medi
Arddangosfa yn yr oriel
Mae Alice a Sophie yn archwilio’r gorgyffwrdd rhwng hunaniaethau cymysg, Celtiaid nad ydynt yn wyn, a dychmygion dad-drefedigaethol ledled Iwerddon a Chymru.

Rita Keegan | Hydref
Gosodwaith ar yr hysbysfwrdd
Drwy hanesion teuluol, mae Rita’n myfyrio ar ryng-gysylltiad a ymdeimlad o berthyn a rennir.

Michelle Williams Gamaker | Tachwedd
Ar y sgrin
Gan ddefnyddio genres arswyd corff a film noir, mae Michelle yn cynnig iachâd ffuglennol i’r seren sgrin o’r 1930au Merle Oberon yn ei ffilm newydd Strange Evidence.

Rehana Zaman
Ar daith, arddangosfa oriel yn 2026
Drwy ffilm a cherflunwaith, mae Rehana yn archwilio defnydd o dir, perchnogaeth, a chwymp amgylcheddol ar sail profiadau gweithwyr amaethyddol.

🪨 Sophie Mak-Schram and collaborators: To Shift a Stone – Finissage
📅 31 January – 1 February
Free!
chapter.org/whats-on/to-shift-a-stone-closing-celebration

You’re warmly invited to assemble with To Shift a Stone, artworks and collaborators one more time...

🐚 Saturday 31 January

10–11.30am: Held Fast running club from Chapter to National Museum Cardiff and back 🏃

11.45am – 12.15pm: Warm Leveret performance at National Museum Cardiff

12.30–1.30pm: In conversation with Sophie Mak-Schram (artist), Nick Thornton and Steph Burge (Amgueddfa Cymru) and Sim Panaser (Chapter) at National Museum Cardiff

2–3.30pm: Closing performance and procession starting at National Museum Cardiff, ending at Chapter 📢

4.45-5.45pm: Celebratory DJ set by Emma Daman Thomas in the café bar at Chapter

🐚 Sunday 1 February

2pm: Screening of Seeking Mavis Beacon at Chapter (booking required)

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Dyma’ch gwahodd i ymuno â'r Dyfal Droi y Garreg, y gweithiau celf a'r cydweithwyr unwaith eto...

chapter.org/cy/whats-on/dyfal-droi-y-garreg-finissage

🐚 Dydd Sadwrn 31 Ionawr

10-11.30am: Bydd Clwb Rhedeg Dal yn Dynn o Chapter, drwy Barc Bute i'r Amgueddfa Genedlaethol, ac yn ôl 🏃

11.45am-12.15pm: Warm Leveret perfformiad yn y cyntedd Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd

12.30-1.30pm: Sgwrs gyda Sophie Mak-Schram (artist), Nick Thornton a Steph Burge (Amgueddfa Cymru) a Sim Panaser (Chapter) yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd

2-3.30pm: Perfformiad a gorymdaith sain yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd, gan orffen yn Chapter 📢

4.45-5.45pm: Cerddoriaeth gan Emma Daman Thomas yn y caffi bar Chapter

🐚 Dydd Sul 1 Chwefror

2pm: Dangos ffilm Seeking Maevis Beacon yn Chapter (archeb angenrheidiol)

🏃 held fast running club devised by Sophie Mak-Schram and George H. Wale.

Join us every Saturday this month at 10.30am to run between Chapter and National Museum Cardiff with an artwork, and with each other.

Everyone is welcome: this running club is free, social and for all abilities.
🔗 chapter.org/whats-on/held-fast-running-club

Please note: Filming will take place at the run on 10 January.

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🏃 held fast running club wedi’i chreu gan Sophie Mak-Schram a George H. Wale.

Ymunwch â ni bob dydd Sadwrn y mis hwn am 10.30yb i redeg rhwng Chapter ac Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd gyda gwaith celf, ac gyda’ch gilydd.

Mae croeso i bawb: mae’r clwb rhedeg hwn yn rhad ac am ddim, yn gymdeithasol ac ar gyfer pob gallu.
🔗 chapter.org/cy/whats-on/held-fast-running-club

Sylwer: bydd ffilmio’n digwydd yn ystod y rhediad ar 10 Ionawr.