The photograph shows an image of a computer monitor displaying a close-up view of a hand drawing on a hand-drawn chart or grid filled with handwritten text and heavy black lines written in deep black charcoal, making much of the content obscured. On the screen in front of the image white text in typewriter font reads: 53. Have you had personal experiences with the supernatural? behind the screen there is pink and cream fabric printed with hand-drawn circles, lines, grids and dashes in red, white and black lines. In front of the screen, partially obscuring it are machine embroidery charts and diagrams in red stitching on red fabric.
The photograph shows an image of a monitor with a black frame displaying a close-up view of a hand drawing heavy black lines in deep black charcoal, in the image golden early morning sunlight casts a long shadow of the hand across the paper. On the screen in front of the image white text in typewriter font reads: 3. Some people have the experience of finding themselves in a space and having no idea how they got there. Behind the screen there is pink and cream fabric printed with hand-drawn circles, lines, grids and dashes in red, white and black lines. In front of the screen, partially obscuring it are machine embroidery charts and diagrams in red and pale blue stitching on red fabric. Further behind the fabric and the screen on the right there is a view of a doorframe and a plug socket indicating this is a domestic space.
The photographs shows an image of a monitor with a black frame displaying a close-up view of a hand drawing heavy black lines in deep black charcoal. On the screen in front of the image white text in typewriter font reads: 53. Have you had experiences of the supernatural? and 3. Some people have the experience of finding themselves in a space and having no idea how they got there. Behind the screen hangs pink and cream fabric printed with hand-drawn circles, lines, grids and dashes in red, white and black lines. In front of the screen, partially obscuring it, are machine embroidery charts and diagrams in red and pale blue stitching on red fabric. In the bottom image, behind the fabric and the screen there is a view of a doorframe and a plug socket.

I’ve been experimenting with bringing together some of the things I have been exploring during the residency in a space that might form an exhibition proposal. These photographs form a sketch towards what that might be. One of the things I want to develop is an immersive and sensory space that speaks to crip time and optimisation processes in ways that play with the wellbeing visual models and assessment devices I have been collecting. Many, if not all, of these models and devices are owned and invented by physicians and psychologists; researchers and scientists who patent, trademark or commercialise specific psychological frameworks. All propose to change your life for the better. The image brings together a film of drawing and redrawing a mental health assessment matrix in a space filled with printed drapes and embroidered textiles. Together, they pay attention to the repeating forms and labour embedded in the models; making them into a series of unending patterns that make visible the ridicularity of their amount. At the same time they translate them into textural and sensory fields which, like the accidental door frame and plug socket in the second image, rub up against these neat and tidy models of progress.

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