Looking into the future

Working in Derriford hospital today, and I felt really humbled by the patients and what they are having to face. I have checked with others in the hospital, and it Continue reading →

Take your breath away

Spending time in the imaging department, in particular looking at how CT scans work. One of the nurses said to me: “there are no secrets in the body any more, Continue reading →

In the minds’ eye

Watching as a radiology consultant reports his findings from CT scans of patients’ heads, scrolling through the cross sectional images of the brain at such speed that for me it Continue reading →

Out-In

“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir. Sometimes I marvel how Continue reading →

Neuro-Art

Last week I was at the Neuro-Art conference hosted by Plymouth University. A fascinating crossover of science, biology, art and technology: using live brain cells to make music, control a Continue reading →

Seeing is believing

This morning I spent observing in the x-ray department, looking at intestines after the patients has swallow barium to highlight the lining of the gut. That barium tastes disgusting, like Continue reading →

More-than-human

A quote from David Abram’s The Spell of the Sensuous and a picture of birdsong from my project Birds of the Antarctic: “Caught in a mass of abstractions, our attention Continue reading →

Looking the wrong way

It is such a challenging time within the hospital. The current round of budget cuts combined with the new framework for the NHS that is in pipeline makes Derriford Hospital Continue reading →

Looking through others’ eyes

I am giving a talk at Plymouth University tomorrow, entitled ‘Looking through others’ eyes’. Thinking about the breast screening unit at Derriford, and how the consultant there sees so much Continue reading →

I will start in the new year.

I am currently Associate Artist in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, an Arts Council funded post (2010–11).