Overview
Deep in the Heart of Your Brain, a companion publication to artist and author Jacqueline Donachie's 2006 book Tomorrow Belongs to Me, speaks of lived experiences of myotonic dystrophy through interviews, fiction and a commissioned essay. Illustrated with beautiful images from Donachie’s exhibition of the same name at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland, in 2016, this publication is centred around a key work from that show, Hazel, a compelling film that directly connects the experiences of the participants – all sister sets, where one sibling has inherited the myotonic dystrophy gene and one has not – to a wider discussion around relationships, age and appearance. This publication provides an excellent resource for artists, scientists, families living with myotonic dystrophy, and museums to begin to understand the social and emotional complexities around disability, care, relationships and ageing.
Full Product Details
Author: Dr. Jacqueline Donachie ,
Moira Jeffrey ,
Nicola White ,
Katie Bruce
Publisher: Glasgow Museums Publishing
Imprint: Glasgow Museums Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 16.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.562kg
ISBN: 9781908638274
ISBN 10: 1908638273
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 29 September 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Jacqueline Donachie is an artist, working internationally within the contemporary art world. She has forged a strong reputation for a socially engaged art practice, with a special interest in issues surrounding public space, healthcare and biomedical research. Her academic collaborations include a 5-year project with Professor Darren Monckton, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow University, and her PhD from Northumbria University BxNU Institute examined the capacity for artworks to influence research and care in the field of genetics. This continued a long collaborative engagement with researchers in both Newcastle and Glasgow (DM, 2002; Tomorrow Belongs to Me, 2006; Hazel, 2015). Donachie also creates public, site-specific projects, with recent commissions from the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, NPRO, Oslo and Edinburgh Art Festival. She has won a number of awards and prizes, including the Paul Hamlyn Award for Visual Arts (2005), AHRC Anniversary Film Award (2015), Creative Scotland Open Funding (2016) and the Sunday Herald Best Visual Artist (2017). She is the recipient of the inaugural Freelands Award, in conjunction with the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2017). -- Jacqueline Donachie * Publisher *
