Works&Projects

Synopsis:

Above it All and Below the Rest was the result of a 3 month residency organised by Picture This and the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's Arts Programme.

Above it All and Below the Rest was a participatory project where the artist involved children in the research and production of a new work. The children from the adolescent ward worked on the project by constructing props and costumes, performing as characters in the films and as part of the small crew.

The two-screen video installation consists of a series of scenes and motifs shot at the Hospital and at a local swimming pool. The work playfully comments on the hospital environment and its desire to rid the body of unwanted elements and continues the artist's exploration of the representation of health and sickness within art history and mythology as seen in paintings by Bosch and Dali. Accompanied by a soft underwater soundtrack a character lies still under water spilling white liquid, fingertips dispense droopy substances, pieces of aluminium tubes fall to the bottom of the pool floor and yellow sponges are slowly released to float around in the clear blue water.