Transplant and Life

Transplant and Life is an exhibition in the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. I worked with photographer Tim Wainwright as artists in residence at the Royal Free Hospital to film, photograph and record organ transplant recipients, live donors, people on the waiting list for a transplant, and specialists in the field. We were asked to make work that would bring the patient voice into the medical museum, a space normally dominated by specimens, clinical hardware and medical heroes. We also revisited some of the heart and lung transplant recipients we worked with in the Transplant project in 2007.

The exhibition is accompanied by a digital guide which aims to enrich the visitor experience and provide access to images, sounds and information not directly on show in the museum. This guide, which is also available online, will be updated and more materials added during the exhibition, which runs from November 2016 to May 2017. It is also intended as a resource for hospitals, medical professionals, and patients.

The exhibition consists of various elements including an installation in the Museum's main Crystal Gallery (above). This comprises 16 high-resolution light boxes and 12 channels of sound heard via special devices which turn the glass cabinets themselves into sound-producing surfaces.

REVIEWS
The Lancet:
http://www.sensitivebrigade.com/Transplant_and_Life_The_Lancet.html

The BMJ Medical Humanities:
http://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2017/04/11/exhibition-review-transplant-and-life/

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