how can I save you when I don’t know how to swim (2021)

just breathe

Created during Lizzie’s Masters, this work began with the idea of breathing: focusing on the materiality of breath as well as the materiality of the object - in this instance meaning the life jacket. Using themes of safety and mental health, how can I save you when I don’t know how to swim (2021) explores how the air we breathe can take a form, and the idea of saving ourselves before helping others. 

Film stills from how can I save you when I don’t know how to swim (2020) Single-channel HD digital video, colour, sound, 16:9 format, duration: 6m 35s