You, Me & The IGP: Dreams Of a Person
Dreams of a Person
Dreams of a Person was the You of the 3 part installation You, Me & The IGP.
This piece used a custom made interactive telephone to invite the public to explore the lived experience of male mental health.
Developed in response to the IGP’s interest in the subject, Dreams of a Person presented fragments of a fictional man’s life in the form of first-person audio.
Visitors to the exhibition where invited to sit on a chair to make the telephone ring. Upon answering the phone they were transported into the world of the character via the first person audio.
Once the call ended, the experience finished with an opportunity for them to share any thoughts they wished to share via the adjacent notepad.
You, Me & The IGP
From November 2024 - April 2025 I was Artist in Residence at the Institute for Global Prosperity based out of UCL.
Embedding myself in their ongoing activity, the residency allowed me to situate my practice in relation to their work and in a wider policy context.
In this sense the residency was a conversation between our respective practices.
Exhibiting October 2025, “You, Me & The IGP” was a 3 part installation piece that distilled and represents that conversation – and extended it to include the wider public too.
It weaved together interactive props, participatory experiences and artist moving image to take the audience on a journey.
One that showcased the work of the residency and invited engagement with the themes of that work too.