I HAD AN EXPECTATION THAT IT WOULD FADE (2013)

Part I

Three-channel video, HD, 5’46 min loop with sound

Part II

Bronze, plaster and photographic c-print

Various dimensions

I interviewed people around the United Kingdom who have lost one or several limbs and who all experience ‘phantom limb pain’, a phenomena of a sensation where the missing limb is still attached to the body. Interested in the ‘mirror box’ treatment invented by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, I also talked to a scientist in Cardiff using virtual mirrors and hypnoses in his treatments.

Credits:

Thanks to Stephen Cruse, Alan Fletcher, Gill Hilton, Robert Hodgson, Maureen & Tom Hutchinson, Andy Reid, Charlie Rodgers, Barry Stephenson and Lorraine Thomson for sharing their stories.

Thanks to

Centroid Motion Capture, Stuart Haskayne, Matt Parker, Ross Richards, Iain Silvester, Phil Stilgoe, ABF, The Soldier’s Charity, ACSIL, Amputee & Carers Support in Liverpool, Peter W. Halligan, Cardiff University, Rebekka Laugesen, Palle Lindqvist, David Lytzhøft, Naja Bak Rantorp, Daniella Valz-Gen, Kenneth Wright