A sound and light installation commission, co-produced with nurses and midwives.
The proof of concept website here won The International Women's Podcast Awards in 2024:
Nurses and midwives are with us at every hour of the day and night, even when our loved ones are not allowed to come near. There is objective time, and life literally hangs upon these minutes. But there is also subjective time, the kind you wear beneath your fob watch, close to the pulse. This second kind of time is slippery, especially during a crisis. It's like music - it speeds up, it slows down. Occasionally time seems to disappear, until the eventual point when it really does go missing, never to return. Nurses know all about time, and they help us to spend it well.
Moments of Grace will reflect the 24-7 presence of heathcare workers through a 24-hour-long sound and light artwork - always changing, always relevant to your time of listening. It will be installed in physical space at St Thomas' Hospital.
Supported by Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation and Historic England.
Producer: Laura Khan Mitchison
Original music: Nicole Robson
Architect: Hayatsu
Curator: Marie-France Kittler
