87 Days
An Exhibition at the Hospital
On the 25th March 2020 Guernsey went into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We came out of lockdown and into phase 5 on the 20th June after 87 days. During these 87 days our community turned to the arts to help make sense off, to express, explore, distract from what is meant to live in lockdown. This exhibition is a collection of artworks and poetry created by healthcare workers, local artist and our community during this period.
This exhibition also contains artworks that was donated to Health and Social Care thanking our healthcare workers this includes Butterfly Rainbow donated by the British contemporary Artist Damien Hirst.
The exhibition was curated by Lottie Barnes and Monika Drabot .
Contributors:
Rob Sweeney , Monika Drabot , Steph Charlwood , Ben Fiore , Lucinda Gaudion , Karen Leach , Peter La Vasseur , Lucy May De Carteret ,
Linda Le Vasseur, Lottie Barnes , Colin I.H. Perry , Kathy Luce, Poppy Hocking , Olympia McEwan , Nina Thomson , Tessa Le Gallez,
Luisa De Frietas Alves, Sammy Giovinazzi, Sally Ede Golightly
The View
Monika Drabot: The View
The View
The photographs are an observation of life. The series depicts the diverse activity that was still taking place during lockdown. It was an extraordinary time for people; forced to stay still and view things from indoors as processes and activities that are essential to our lives continue outside.
Taking time to appreciate the interlinking activities that make up everyday life whilst observing them from the removed perspective of behind a pane of glass; the juxtaposition of battling the elements whilst fridges and freezers full of cold are used at home, children (our future) & construction work, shopping & recycling. Daily activities and the cycles that make up our lives.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES
The photographs were taken without knowing what was outside the window. After a week of taking the photographs the sense of what was approaching became clearer and you could hear the differences between a truck, car or people. Almost predicting what was going to appear in the view finder of the camera before it happened.
All the photographs from the project.
