ANTIQUE HOSPITAL BED, PYJAMAS, BETON, WALLPAPER, COMPRESSION SPEAKER, SOUND 05:02 MIN, HOSPITAL TROLLEY, VIDEO 00:48 MIN, VASE, BOUQUET OF FLOWERS
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DEPRESSION, DID YOU TRY JOGGING? translates the experience of depression into a hospital-like installation. The walls are covered with medication leaflets, while a pyjama cast in concrete lies on an antique hospital bed beneath a loudspeaker emitting continuous thunder. A video shows images of my body turning restlessly in bed, accompanied by a recording of me crying during a depressive episode. The title refers to the simplistic advice often directed at people with depression and insists on recognising it as an illness. EXHIBITION VIEW DEAR DIARY, …