Please help transform the atmosphere of this medical facilities by humanising the environment from cold & sterile to warm & welcoming.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/senezio/public…
Background:
In the past five years, I have been working on a number of public art projects. In particular, my focus has been on producing a body of work that is exquisitely detailed so as it can be printed up to the size of 20 x 5 meters. These large-scale works have been created with medical environments in mind.My vision is to create a shift in the way people view medical facilities.I would like to banish the austere and sterile medical environment transforming the atmosphere to warm and welcoming, humanising the environment, a concept that is gaining influence in the public art sector.
Below are three images from the recently opened Marie Curie Hospice.This wonderful facility features 50 bespoke pieces from my archives including the reception area, public areas, back offices and patient bedrooms. This project represents my largest single donation of work and is one of my proudest achievements to date. Most importantly I’m delighted with the feedback from the patients and visitors, just last week Lady Cotton wrote “Liz tells me that she gets daily thanks for the wonderful environment in the hospice and how much the patients and their visitors appreciate all that you did to make it so special. Your photographs are a constant source of pleasure.”
To date I have raised over £35,000 GBP for charity from the sale of my work and I have donated works in excess of £40,000 GBP for various projects including Marie Curie and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
The Project:
Recently I visited a newly completed Hospice in East Sussex which is run by a local charity. Like Marie Curie all care is offered free of charge regardless of patients’ circumstances, but the NHS only contributes 15% of the £3.5 million annual running costs. For the remainder, the Hospice relies on the generosity of its supporters. You will see from the pictures that the new space is quite something however the walls are quite bare and having spent their entire cash reserves there isn’t any money left in the pot to commission any art for the walls.
I have identified six spaces in the communal reception area which would benefit from bespoke artwork and a further three spaces in other public areas.This does not include the twenty bedrooms or any of the therapy rooms.The sizes of the images vary but they are all large scale up to a maximum 5 meters wide in some cases. You may have noticed my target is set at a modest £2,000 and I plan to supply one artist proof from that funding. This piece, installed will bear a further cost of £1,000 which I will personally fund. Ultimately, I hope that the public will get behind my campaign and the rewards which I am offering to each pledge received.Together if we could raise in the region of £10,000 this amount would significant difference to the environment of the public areas. £25,000 could see the entire facility enjoy the art work it so deservedly needs to make it the tranquil space which will benefit the patients throughout the facility.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/senezio/public…
