All That Follows
Grandparents’ stewardship of future generations and mutual appreciation from both generations was a feature of conversations with participants in the Age In The Frame project. This self-designed project on the experience of ageing included recording the views of older people from the ages of 60+ and teenage participants from the ages of 16 -20 and […]
Cork, Matchstick, Paper: Instructions to a Small Boy
The images below are based not only on the views of participants in the Age In The Frame project, but the experience of meeting with them face-to-face, and hearing and recording their often poignant reflections. Old age is about remembering and often re-assessing the past. The participants were frank about their personal experiences and attitudes […]
Perennials
Children, grandchildren and grandparenting were a recurrent theme in discussions with older participants on ageing (Age In The Frame project). Their views were intriguing and complex, heightening awareness of the continuous cycle of life, of which we are an inevitable part. See some participant quotes below. PERENNIALS, 2020 (paper, card, acrylic) 84 x 60 cm
Landscapes of the Unbidden
The pandemic spotlight has been turned on older people. I have lost three people during this time, two in their 80s and one aged 54. I made the image below, called ‘Landscapes of the Unbidden’, as a visual response to the extreme vulnerability felt by many, but particularly by older people, at this time of […]
First Words
A transcript from one of the most touching recordings from the Age In The Frame project. Participant (18 yrs): I clearly remember sitting on his lap and he would read me stories, and my first word was “Grandad” and my second word was “buttons”, because I would sit on his lap and play with the […]