Hospital Rooms: Springfield Eternal artworks by Michelle Williams Gamaker in the Atrium of the Springfield Hospital

‘Springfield Eternal’ surfaced from a series of six workshops led by British Sri Lankan moving image and performance artist Michelle Williams Gamaker at Springfield University Hospital and The Courtauld. Participants were invited to create multi-layered collages combining imagery from found images of landscapes, animals, sculptures, figures, flowers and vegetation. Patients explored the possibility of creating something the eye and mind can get ‘lost in’, evoking a feeling of daydreaming and magical escapism.

Springfield Eternal is a rich repository of animals, objects in the form of sculptural deities, including heads of the Greek goddess of health, Hygieia and tropical flora, which encompass the idea of a “densely layered world”. The beauty and complexity of this imaginative world reflects all those who work in and use the hospital.

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