The work 'Blood on Silk: Farnham' was installed in the James Hockey Gallery at the University of Creative Arts UCA, Farnham , UK in October 2012. Monumental sheets of handmade silk paper were hung in a maze like/hospital bed/ICU bed bay configuration from the ceiling of the two story gallery. The perspective from the walkway [...]
This is where it began with an exhibition at the Accelerator Gallery of Culture at Work in Pyrmont. Run by the late Sherryl Ryan this was an amazing opportunity to have both a studio and access to an exhibition space. The ability to see your work installed outside of your studio without it being a [...]
Video still from the projection that is part of this layered performative lecture work following the patient pathway from going through the hospital doors to getting out again.
The second part of this work hanging about one metre below the bag attached to the body. The current name which reflects on what I feel is the clunkiness of the design of many medical devices is pedestrian and the work needs a new name.
rice and other papers, gold leaf, wood, paint, silk paper and cloth, 2014 and 2023 1800 x 30 x 30cm in rolled format 1800 x 10200 x 30 'The project 'Blood on Silk ' was started in 2010 with the collaboration between Fiona Davies and the physicist the Late Dr Peter Domachuk. Peter was researching [...]
My work is on the right hand side of this photograph. Fiona Davies has made many objects documenting personal and family histories and traumas. Her work ranges over multiple media including mixed media installation, video, still images, texts and games that invite the public to engage in the process of creativity and discovery of personal [...]
New work in progress Blood on Silk: The Uniform of the Patient, focusing on the knot tied usually loosely at the back of the hospital gown in order to maintain the privacy of the patient. The fabrics chosen for this project range from translucent silk mesh, to thin white cotton and a more solid hospital [...]
Fiona Davies Coughing up Blood ( Detail) 2019 silk paper, aluminium, found objects and light, 300 x 600 x 600(h)cm. Photo Credit: Pamela Kleemann My mother's slightly yellowed tupperware container has become the makeshift Xray reader in this desolate, isolated space within the gallery at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.
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