Category: Health & Wellness
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Capturing Autumn: A Poem on Urban Decay, Social Struggle, and Seasonal Change during the Pandemic
“Capturing Autumn” offers a raw, atmospheric journey through a city as it meets the fall season head-on. Leaves scatter across pathways while people navigate hardship, homelessness, and addiction—each scene woven with stark honesty and poetic precision. The poem follows the city through the disruptions of the pandemic, from silent parks and makeshift workouts to gospel…
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Life from the Waist Down: A Powerful Sculpture Exploring Recovery After Sexual Violence
Life from the Waist Down by Alison Little is a powerful contemporary sculpture exploring recovery after sexual violence. As part of the SV: Sex by Violence series, the piece uses symbolic materials and the female form to represent healing, resilience, and the renormalisation stage of trauma, offering a moving reflection on strength and renewal.
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Brainscape: Exploring Dignity and Growth Through Art for World Mental Health Day
“Brainscape, a powerful installation by Liverpool artist Alison, was unveiled for World Mental Health Day 2015 at Unit 52, Baltic Triangle. The sculpture — a large head form crafted from polythene and shredded paper — explores themes of dignity, empowerment, and recovery in mental health. Building on her earlier work Bipolar B, Alison continues to…
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Tracey Emin’s My Bed Returns to Tate Modern in 2026: Does It Still Shock?
Tracey Emin’s My Bed returns to Tate Modern in spring 2026, nearly three decades after its explosive debut. Once a Turner Prize controversy, the installation of crumpled sheets, bottles, and personal relics challenged what art could be. Has it lost its shock factor, or does it still hold the same raw power today?
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NFA: No Fixed Abode
Liverpool-based conceptual artist Alison Little created NFA (No Fixed Abode) for the Outside the Box exhibition in Manchester (2015). Using polythene forms stuffed with shredded paper and inscribed with words linked to homelessness, the installation explores themes of rough sleeping, displacement, and survival. Little’s wider practice addresses social issues such as homelessness, mental health, and…