I was lucky enough to get the chance to spend three months as Artist in Residence at Hospitalfield House during the summer of 2006. This is a fantastic mansion house in Arbroath, Scotland, where I was funded to stay by the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy.
I made works of art whilst there, inspired by the objects that have been left behind by Patrick and Elizabeth Allan Fraser, the last owner/occupants. I felt that the treasured furniture and crockery contained the spirit of the previous owners; they had a presence and kept me company when I was alone, and so, remembering the house’s earlier history as a hospital, I mended the damaged objects using medical means, caring for them as one would a human body. I was also inspired by the book The System of Objects by Jean Baudrillard.
Since my residency I have given talks on my experience in the house to the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy, Hollyrood Arts Club and to students from Virginia Commonwealth University at Glasgow School of Art. My voice only shakes for the first 5 minutes!
My residency at Hospitalfield House culminated in an ‘Open Doors’ weekend, during which I exhibited my work around the house, and an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.
I was lucky enough to get the chance to spend three months as Artist in Residence at Hospitalfield House during the summer of 2006. This is a fantastic mansion house in Arbroath, Scotland, where I was funded to stay by the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy.
I made works of art whilst there, inspired by the objects that have been left behind by Patrick and Elizabeth Allan Fraser, the last owner/occupants. I felt that the treasured furniture and crockery contained the spirit of the previous owners; they had a presence and kept me company when I was alone, and so, remembering the house’s earlier history as a hospital, I mended the damaged objects using medical means, caring for them as one would a human body. I was also inspired by the book The System of Objects by Jean Baudrillard.
Since my residency I have given talks on my experience in the house to the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy, Hollyrood Arts Club and to students from Virginia Commonwealth University at Glasgow School of Art. My voice only shakes for the first 5 minutes!
My residency at Hospitalfield House culminated in an ‘Open Doors’ weekend, during which I exhibited my work around the house, and an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.
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