I'm excited to announce the completion of my recent commission for the Royal College of Nurses! The artwork will go on show at the RCN's museum in central London for six months as part of the exhibition You Mean the World: Nursing and the Climate Crisis.
Titled A Glove Turned Inside Out, the artwork features six hand-drawn animations set inside reclaimed mobile phones that explore the environmental impact of the growing digitisation of nursing care.
The NHS’s goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 relies on digital technologies such as remote patient consultations and electronic records. Yet these also have an environmental impact – the UK generates 6 million tonnes of e-waste every year.
A Glove Turned Inside Out draws attention to this growing e-waste crisis, reclaiming a set of
discarded mobile phones that might have been used in digital interactions between nursing staff and their patients. The animations playing on the phones show the simple yet frequent gesture of removing and disposing of medical gloves. They are based on short videos submitted by Royal College of Nursing members removing their own protective gloves at work.
By blending the distance of technology with the immediacy of in-person care, the artwork raises
crucial questions about the impact that the increasingly digital landscape of nursing has not only on
nurse-patient interactions but on the climate emergency.
The exhibition is open from the 14 November until the 13 April 2025. Tickets for the opening event on Thursday 14 November 17:00-20:00 are available here.
Exhibition address: RCN Library & Museum, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
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