the film is a rendition of a poem written by a survivor of locked in syndrome of their lived experience while in hospital. the poem was published anonymously (june 2021) on the dear york website – a safe space for service users to write about their experiences in york (uk). this poem particularly moved hilary conroy, the guardian of the website who put out an invitation in a creative action group (of york complex needs network) meeting to create a response to the poem.
shortly after this invitation, on a residency period in a meanwhile space in derby(uk) i explored the poem while being locked inside the space. being alone there gave me the starting point to work with the poem.
the film won the ‘best experimental film’ category at the august/september 2021 edition beyond the curve international film festival.
