Peace in Rest was part of Disorders, an event taking place at St Thomas’ Hospital, produced by Beaconsfield and curated by Nosepaint: a collaboration between invited artists, the management, staff and patients of St Thomas’ Hospital and Beaconsfield to intervene, record and comment upon the ongoing battle with mortality over a cycle of 24 hours. This project took place to celebrate the launch of the Guys and St Thomas’ Sleep Centre, the first unit for research, diagnosis and treatment of the full range of sleep disorders.  I made a hand print using a particular chemically reactive paper, every minute for 24 hours around the pond in the hospital grounds following the hands of Big Ben opposite, across the river. During the final hours I projected sleeping faces/death masks onto the Houses of Parliament and a revolving globe of the world onto Big Ben.
Photo: Robin Chaphekar

Peace in Rest (1996)
Beaconsfield, London

Peace in Rest was part of Disorders, an event taking place at St Thomas’s Hospital, produced by Beaconsfield and curated by Nosepaint. It was a collaboration between artists, staff and patients of St Thomas’s Hospital who intervened, recorded and commented upon their ongoing battle with mortality over a cycle of 24 hours.

The project took place to celebrate the launch of the Guys & St Thomas’s Sleep Centre, the first unit for research, diagnosis and treatment of the full range of sleep disorders.

I made a hand-print using a chemically reactive paper every minute for 24 hours around the pond in the hospital grounds which followed the hands of Big Ben across the river. During the final hours I projected sleeping faces appearing like death masks onto the Houses of Parliament opposite and a revolving globe of the world onto Big Ben.