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Sustainability
Whilst Descent does not have an overtly ecological theme, the Industrial Revolution’s colossal influence on our bodies and human health was also a turning point for the planet’s health. As detailed in my Impact Assessment Plan, I will make every effort to use and support environmentally sustainable practices in the production of this work.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring healthy lives and the promotion of well-being has been severely hindered. The scale of the human health crisis is almost unimaginable. The economic burden of physical inactivity alone is huge, with the cost of treating just the new cases of NCD’s totalling over £21 billion annually (WHO 2022). Modern life is simply not sustainable. If this work contributes to the conversation about human health I will deem it to have been a success.
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Supporting my practice beyond the MA, I will apply for opportunties to disseminate my work more widely and mentoring support as I position myself professionally. The Arts & Health Hub, for example, run programmes specifically aimed at early-career artists exploring health in their practice. Whilst I recognise the challenges of the Photobook community (Johnston 2021), I would ultimately like to produce a photobook, perhaps one with a dual narrative, drawing on the inextricable link between human health and that of the planet’s. There is a plethora of resources supporting environmentally conscious bookmaking on which I’ll draw, including The Sustainable Photobook Publishing network.
