Kate Shields, artist-in-residence

SHL welcomes our new artist-in-residence Kate Shields, who will be developing the project GUTS over the next three months. GUTS explores the experience of living with the long-term chronic health condition Ulcerative Colitis. Kate writes:

My residency began officially on Friday, and my aim is to write about my process each week here. Through the Lab, I hope to approach the subject of chronic health in more community-minded and digital-based ways.

Read more here.

Three high contrast black and white images of a performance artist, spot-lit on stage, straining their muscles as they drag a toilet to which they are tied or chained. Across the three images, it seems to barely move ...