In two-tone 'Life In Suspension #Hanging Around' the hashtag is yellow
Hugh all in black with scruffy hair gazing up at his hoist which holds him in his sling.
Screen split into 4. A wheelchair user in an orange room grinning, a man surrounded by green trees, playing a ukelele, a woman with red hair wearing white, laughing, a woman in an orange room.
A red -haired woman in a white top and black trousers balancing on a hoop gazing into the distance. The hoop suspends off a tree.
A man with a ukulele in a forest looking at camera. Subtitle reads '(Singing) It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing'
Screen split into 4. A wheelchair user in an orange room, a man with headphones in front of a city scape, a woman hanging upside down in front of a door, a woman in an orange room. Subtitle reads 'every ten minutes or whatever the recommendation is'.
A video conference-style chat with five boxes using funny filters on faces. To the left horizontal on a pale background 'Hanging Around'...'AI-Dvantage'...'Life in Suspension'

The need to respond creatively and collaboratively to the COVID-19 landscape was crucial.  Within an ensemble of four and support from Doorstep Arts, we developed the concept of #HangingAround and successfully received an Exeter Northcott The Time Is Now commission for this experimental R&D project. Devising sessions had to adapt to virtual spaces, stretching my practise and discovering unseen opportunities whilst also honoring the missing element, which only live practise can deliver. The creative output developed two main digital responses:

#LifeInSuspension was commissioned by Exeter Northcott backed by Noel Coward Foundation, the Mackintosh Foundation and Idlewild Trust

The logos of the four supporting organisations
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