admin Im so glad that the moral injury of managing covid is at last being mentioned.1I tried to highlight this as upcoming – around ventilators – way back in April 2020. And suggested some specific ways forward, based on my experience leading the first explicit rationing in the NHS.2 Of course its not just the public …
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and King’s College London set up a writing competition for creative writers who are blind or partially sighted.Applicants were encouraged to write multisensory poetry or prose about how they appreciate art, a museum visit, or a household object that has inspired them. I won the second prize! …
My latest MRI says I’m ‘stable’.When my legs and arms are about as ‘stable’ as a Gaza refugee camp! In this image, Im showing my multimorbidity: with ongoing postpneumonia / post TB chest problems; ongoing effects of a comminuted elbow fracture rebuilt with lots of metal; the ongoing effects of a relapse in my leg …
I learnt loads at a great in-depth exploration about Lee Bul at the Hayward! Her work has a strong sense of autobiography. Plexus starts out by looking like a split torso, but the wires and sequins are about the home-working that Lee Bul’s mother had to do. A political dissident, she couldn’t get easier factory …
As part of Heads Up, this making workshop explored haptic perception – the process of recognising objects by way of touch and movement. The aim was to guide participants in translating objects into drawings.We started by drawing objects we were given in bags – with NO PEEKING! Here’s my first two objects: Then we tried …
Click links to get the actual words. Audio being added as I canMany of my more visual art pieces include my words – but if its mainly visual, it’s included in the art section Head, shoulders, knees and toes … and eyes and ears and mouth and noseSecond PRIZE winner for KCL/RNIB creative writing competition …
Second prize winner for KCL/RNIB creative writing competition It’s Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy.Crammed full with people.Crammed overfull with too much art to take in.Our Audio Description (AD) guide has a voice which means that – even in the cacophony of the crowd – if I’ve stayed behind extra-looking at something superspecial, I can …
Selected PUBLICATIONS include: They even drew me a specific cartoon (involving a meteorite!). Rapid response to BMJ article. BMJ 2015;350:h2640 http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2640/rr-3 Letter published in The Times, 6 April 2015. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article4402631.ece A short story for Dying Matters. Highly Commended. http://www.dyingmatters.org/page/never-again-caroline-mawer Rapid response to BMJ editorial. BMJ 2014; 349:g4349 http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4349/rr/759849 Editors Choice. BMJ 2014; 348:g4180 http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g4180/rr/759532 Editors Choice. Mawer C …
Part of Camden’s Adult community learning included a callout to create postcards.Im a climate activist – with a Breathe London monitor, and working with Global Action plan. So , obviously, I wanted to do something on local air pollution. I think www.addresspollution.org produces great graphics.So I’ve linked my photos with the relevant postcode data. I …
For my Dadafest40 application, here’s some examples from my portfolio:please click on the links, if you’d like to know more about the specific visuals / audio. Oct 24: Wired Hands: to be shown Royal Academy restaurantPhotography of my hand-wire sculpture. Selection: Sep 24: Camden postcards: to be shown Swiss Cottage Library Collages of my Photography plus …