Artist : Alban Roinard
Title : My Yw Genys Yn Kres An Mor
Medium : single channel video
Dimensions : duration 00:03:00


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Alban Roinard was born in Paris and currently lives and works in St Ives, Cornwall. ‘My Yw Genys Yn Kres An Mor’ is a personal film about a universal connection to the sea, made in response to the artists own connection to the environment of Cornwall and as a homage to the resilient people who reside there. The origins of the verse used also connect to his French heritage, which adds a further layer of personal significance and links international celtic culture. The film features the words of Jean-Pierre Calloc’h, a Breton writer who was killed in action during the First World War. Calloc’h’s words are narrated in the film by Mick Paynter, a Cornish Bard, who has also translated the poem into English. The film was  nominated for a Celtic Media Festival Award. 

Alban Roinard’s practice draws specifically from close contact with landscape and community. He is a film maker and photographer and founded Eia Films and St Ives TV where he regularly documents the achievements and challenges of the town at a time of unprecedented change. He has twice been nominated for the Celtic Media Festival Awards and worked as cinematographer on the war documentaries ’The Americans in the Bulge’ and ‘Road to Victory’.