Dragon’s Eye: Opening a Window to the Spirit of Cymru

Dragon’s Eye: Opening a Window to the Spirit of Cymru

Posted on November 24, 2025

By Kelvin John Childs

Cyflwyniad

Yn oes lle mae technoleg a chreadigrwydd yn dod ynghyd yn ein tirweddau naturiol a hanesyddol, mae Dragon’s Eye | Llygad y Ddraig yn gam newydd, artistig ac arloesol.

Mae’n brosiect celf tirwedd ddigidol sy’n defnyddio ffenestri byw 4K wedi’u pweru gan yr haul i gysylltu pobl â mannau Cymreig o bwysigrwydd diwylliannol a hanesyddol.

In this digital age, where art and technology increasingly overlap, I’m excited to introduce Dragon’s Eye | Llygad y Ddraig — a bilingual digital landscape artwork developed in collaboration with Cadw.

The project creates gentle, atmospheric windows into Welsh heritage through solar-powered, ultra-wide livestream viewpoints, offering moments of stillness, light and connection.

The Vision: Quiet Windows Into Place

Dragon’s Eye is rooted in one simple idea:

A still viewpoint can say more than a thousand moving images.

The cameras do not rotate, track movement, or behave like surveillance tools.

Instead, each Eye is a living photograph — a calm, continuous frame recording:

• shifting light

• weather patterns

• the passage of time

• the atmosphere of place

This makes the work deeply accessible.

Anyone, anywhere — schools, communities, the Welsh diaspora — can pause, reflect and reconnect with the landscapes that shaped our culture.

Creative Approach

The project blends:

• ultra-wide cinematography

• solar-powered micro-infrastructure

• Welsh and English bilingual access

• storytelling through atmosphere rather than narration

The aim is not to document events, but to capture presence — the way mist lifts over St Davids, or how sunset touches the stone at Maen Ceti.

This is art rooted in place, crafted with the light and weather of Cymru itself.

Collaborative Momentum

Dragon’s Eye is being developed with support and guidance from:

• Cadw, who have shown warm interest and identified potential heritage locations

• Arts Council Wales, who are advising on the creative development pathway

• Sony UK Technology Centre, who are reviewing the imaging concept

The project begins with two pilot sites, with room for careful expansion in future phases.

Why It Matters

Wales is a land of story — carved into hillsides, whispered along coastlines, sung across valleys.

Many people cannot always reach these places physically, but through Dragon’s Eye, they can experience a quiet moment held in the landscape itself.

This is a work about:

• accessibility

• wellbeing

• belonging

• heritage

• light

A way for us to see Cymru with fresh eyes.

Closing

Dragon’s Eye is still growing, still refining, but its purpose is clear:

To share the spirit of Welsh places through the gentlest form of digital art — stillness.

If the vision speaks to you, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Diolch o galon for reading.

© 2025 Kelvin John Childs | WSAT-RSRCH

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