COME STAND IN MY SHOES
A human sized zoetrope hanging from the ceiling, depicting the animation of a girl transitioning through dance between a hospital gown and everyday clothes trapped in the endless cycle of chronic illness.
The Zoetrope must be spun manually by each person as they go inside.
The Zoetrope invites people to stand in the centre on the wooden circle which is painted with footprints, to ‘come stand in my shoes’ and experience the dizziness I feel on a regular basis due to pain and chronic fatigue caused by IBD and chronic pain. The outside is adorned with the screenprints ‘Wasted energy’ and ‘Spoon spending’.
Animation inside depicting the transition between hospitalisation and everyday life. The girl dances between feeling exposed in a hospital gown and having an IV and being in an average skirt and jumper.
The animation shows the endless cycle of health.
The animation shows the endless cycle of health.
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A hanging cylinder from th eceiling in the centre of the room with screenprints on the exterior and and a circular wooden and purple base plate with a pair of feet and the words “and come take a peek as the world starts spinning” and “Come stand in my shoes”.
GALLERY OF INSTALLATION
(Exhibited at the Egg- sibition on the 11th March 2025, as part of the Egg and Spoon interim shows at Reading University)