AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE REIMAGING THE SENGHENYDD COAL DISASTER.
CLIENT: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES
YEAR: 2021
THE PRICE OF COAL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A LIMITED-EDITION AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPE ALBUM PRODUCED BY SAM EVANS, AND EACH RECORD WAS PRESSED WITH AND SCREEN PRINTED USING COAL DUST FROM SENGHENYDD.
LISTENED TO THE ALBUM HERE.
ON THE 14TH OCTOBER 1913, THE SMALL TOWN OF SENGHENYDD, IN SOUTH WALES, SUFFERED THE WORST MINING DISASTER IN BRITISH HISTORY. A TOTAL OF 439 MEN AND BOYS LOST THEIR LIVES. THE PHOTOGRAPHER, W. BENTON, CAPTURED THE TRAGEDY, AS IT UNFOLDED, AND THEN PUBLISHED THE RESULTS AS A SET OF POSTCARDS, TO ACT AS AN EVERLASTING MEMORIAL.
ON THE 108TH ANNIVERSARY THE PRICE OF COAL, IN COLLABORATION WITH SAM EVANS, BROUGHT BENTON’S PHOTOGRAPHS TO LIFE, IN ORDER TO UNCOVER THE NARRATIVE OF THIS TRAGEDY AND REFLECT UPON THE HARDSHIP THAT HELPED SHAPED A NATION.
2021
CREATIVE DIRECTION + DESIGN:
LIAM THOMAS
MUSIC:
SAM EVANS
LIAM DAVID THOMAS
DESIGN & CREATIVE DIRECTION
SELECTED WORKS
2024
