New Apothocary's Cabinet II: art installation in four consecutive venues
- Submitting institution
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De Montfort University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32047
- Type
- M - Exhibition
- Venue(s)
- Markeaton Street Gallery, Markeaton; Park Road GP Surgery, Derby; Derby Royal Hospital Trust; The Leicester Gallery, DMU, Leicester
- Open access status
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- Month of first exhibition
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- Year of first exhibition
- 2015
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- To test and transform perceptions of self-care, NACII developed as an interactive art installation, interrogating the mind-body-spirit of the viewer’s wellbeing and happiness through smells, tastes, listening, touching and new ways of seeing. NACII is designed as a piece of contemporary furniture, whose twenty-four drawers invite the viewer towards a point of creative intervention, provoking them to connect, learn, give, be active and be curious, triggering ways to think differently about how to live well.
Design of the cabinet sprang from furniture-making with a focus on works published as domestic furniture outlined in Hepplewhite’s catalogue, in particular, ‘The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide’. It prompted research into the representation of women in 18th century business, as Alice Hepplewhite ran the business after George Hepplewhite’s death and was responsible for the publication. Little is known about the ‘man’ George Hepplewhite, and only his death certificate offers any hard evidence of his existence. The question arises whether “George Hepplewhite” was a real person or just a pseudonym for Alice.
Each iteration of the cabinet is curated for the site-specific venue, to provoke thought and contemplation for health, wellbeing and selfcare. The research built on The Eppossi Barometer: Consumer Perceptions of Self Care in Europe, Quantitative Study, October 2013, stating ‘[s]elf care must be part of everyday life and a culture of prevention should be second nature.’ And ‘Existing approaches, where citizens are passive recipients of healthcare, are no longer sustainable. Citizens must now play an active role in managing their own health, making daily choices on exercise, diet and self-medication.’(5-6). At each venue the cabinet has received feedback, at Derby Hospital in a volume of over 10,000 visitors a day. Review is underway for a similar exhibit in a variety of healthcare settings to provoke self-care and for the National Trust.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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