by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Michael Rosen, News, Poetry, Project Details, Uncategorized |
People have already begun asking why ‘These are the hands’? The idea for the project is to explore creating as large a portrait of the people who make up the NHS as possible. It seemed natural and obvious to use hands as a vehicle as hands are a fundamental way we use to work, communciate and care for each other. What I didn’t know in proposing this originally was that Michael Rosen had written a poem specifically about care and the NHS in 2008. This was first published exclusively in the Guardian. I decided to use the title as a title for the Project itself. Michael is allowing me to use the poem for the work. Here it is in full. These are the handsThat touch us firstFeel your headFind the pulseAnd make your bed.These are the handsThat tap your backTest the skinHold your armWheel the binChange the bulbFix the dripPour the jugReplace your hip.These are the handsThat fill the bathMop the floorFlick the switchSoothe the soreBurn the swabsGive us a jabThrow out sharpsDesign the lab.And these are the handsThat stop the leaksEmpty the panWipe the pipesCarry the canClamp the veinsMake the castLog the doseAnd touch us last. © Michael...
by admin | Jan 1, 2015 | News, Project Details |
This is primarily a photographic Art project by Artist Tony Davis, which, via Residency, sets out to involve and engage patients and staff in an arts project. The project is funded by three hospitals in the Oxford university Hospitals Trust. The proposal is to undertake a photographic study of hospital staff focussing on hands. The project will engage with staff from all aspects of hospital life and aims to reflect their myriad roles in supporting and helping patients. Michael Rosen wrote a poem called ‘These are the Hands’ which co-inspires the nature of cradle to grave in terms of care. Tony is interested in linking the staff role with their hands as a sort of puzzle/book form. Who’s hands do what? Can we tell? What is the connection between hands and job/skill? Tony would also like to get viewers to connect the idea of carers in all their perspectives with an aspect of the tools of the trade. Ideally the people will be a cross-section from office to surgery, from admin to application across the hospital, plus one/two patients. The final artforms being explored initially are: Three sets of images for three hospitals – the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals in Oxford and the Horton hospital Banbury. Possible digital books Website with possible interaction Any comments on this project please contact Tony Davis. This project will culminate in final installation of Artworks for exhibition and permanent display in 2015....
