29 & 30th August
Staring at the Ceiling Looking at the Stars
Sound, projection and performance
Sharon Quigley and Robert Baldock, inspired by patients of over a century ago.
Staring at the Ceiling Looking at the Stars
Sound, projection and performance
Sharon Quigley and Robert Baldock, inspired by patients of over a century ago.
Original
sound works have been produced in collaboration with a group of patients and
staff at the now-named Bellsdyke Hospital, charting and re-telling the
stories of some of the people admitted to the asylum and re-exploring the
asylum’s surroundings.
Together
they have delved behind the case notes, patients’ letters and admission books
to explore the identities of asylum patients from 1906-11, to create a new
‘archive’ in which the patient’s voice is properly heard and their own
experience is valued in the way we would hope and expect today.
The
pieces on display at GARAGE are an extension of an exhibition currently on show
at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert until the end of the year.
In partnership
with the University
of Stirling, which
houses NHS Forth
Valley’s archive, this project
was produced by
Artlink Central, the participatory arts organisation supported
by NHS Forth
Valley’s Endowment Committee
to involve patients in high quality
creative art and design activity.
From 12-5pm on Saturday and Sunday, a series of
three videos pieces, each based on a sound work will play in BEDROOM. After each of these pieces there will be a
series of short video insertions.
At 2pm and 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, Robert
Baldock and Sharon Quigley will be present to create some live video art and
talk about the material being presented.
WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS