- Artist: Mark Storor
- Collaborators: Cheryl, Daniel, Darren, David, Emma, Gayle, Heather, Kieran and Rob.
- Sound and Music: Brian Duffy
- Prop Design and Production: Sascha Gilmour
- Production Support: Sophie Waldie
- Partner: YMCA St Helens
Chronicle Two: Stand Firm Compassion is made at a time where in society we cannot hide from the devastating effect of the systematic deconstruction of the caring society and the decimation of the caring professions through chronic underfunding.
Created pre pandemic, Stand Firm Compassion is a meditation on what it is be a professional carer, a first responder working in this context. It brings into sharp relief the human cost not only to the people in their care, some of whom take their own lives, but over a period of time the effect it has on the workers themselves.
Post lockdown many of us are grieving. Our ability to continue to care is vital.
Single-channel digital video installation with sound, digital photographic prints.
Part of The Suicide Chronicles, a collaborative artistic project led by Mark Storor working with communities impacted by suicide, aiming to collectively find a language to articulate and explore the complex, layered experience of suicide.
For more information about The Suicide Chronicles please contact emily@heartofglass.org.uk.
