Jacket for a Journey was a participatory art project delivered in collaboration with St Columba’s hospice, palliative care facility. Framed by the hospice’s wellbeing strategy, the purpose was to explore beliefs and attitudes to death, loss, and grief, recognising that these have wider import societally.

Inviting engagement from a range of participants to hand embroider motorbike patches that would later be attached to vintage leather jackets and showcased in a group ride leaving from the hospice. These were created in the hospice’s event space, knowing that the location itself could potentially instigate deeper personal reflection from participants on these themes.

Through adopting a qualitative and reflexive approach, Jacket for a Journey facilitated exploration of my role of artist translator within a socially engaged art context.

Year: 2024

Jacket For a Journey was supported by Giorgos Tsiris- Head of Research and Arts at St Columba’s Hospice.

Documentary Film by Heather Ridley-Moran and Douglas Tyrrell- Bunge