Recuperating in hospital gives time for people to explore alternative
universes in their minds whilst their bodies are inactive. Elevation expands
this notion allowing patients to see a hidden world. Portholes cutting
through walls in the lift lobbies throughout this building reveal glimpses
of activity. Elevation encourages the viewer to build a mental picture,
mapping the individual elements of the artwork creating an alternative
whole, existing in parallel to the tangible configuration of the building.
Activities in the neighbouring park were filmed from the hospital's roof.
Animations were constructed from this ariel view, which unfold beguiling
narratives. Rising through the building the scenarios shift from the seemingly
naturalistic to the highly regimented, questioning the plausibility of
the films, what is real and what is imagined.