The patient will see you now was an interactive installation and one-to-one performance work. This film work focuses on the inadequacies and farcical nature of accessing healthcare in Ireland, the work questions and exposes bureaucracies that oppress those who fall outside certain definitions of ‘normal,’ ‘valuable’, and ‘productive’ as well as offering advice to those of use who are unwell.
Image description: Close up of Áine a white person with short black curly hair, they are wearing a pink surgical mask and a white lab coat along with a badge that says 'healthcare for all'. This was 2020 before they knew about or could access N95 masks. They are sitting within their yellow partially see through hospital style curtains, there is a hosptial bed behind them. Subtitle reads: Rest as much as possible, schedule rest into your life, into your work life if you can.
Image description: Close up of Blue Poster on a yellow wall in the 'waiting room'. Green type reads: Chronic fatigue or chronic laziness?'
Subtitle below video reads: Trust yourself.
Artist
Áine O’Hara
A4 Curatorial Team
Evelyn Broderick
Síobhán Clancy
Lisa Crowne
Andrew Edgar
Dónal Holland
Production Team
Alec Moore | Filming & Editing
Kate-Bowe O’Brien | Photography
Frank Prendergast | FabricationArtist
A4 Curatorial Team
Evelyn Broderick
Síobhán Clancy
Lisa Crowne
Andrew Edgar
Dónal Holland
Production Team
Alec Moore | Filming & Editing
Kate-Bowe O’Brien | Photography
Frank Prendergast | Fabrication
Featuring Aideen Farrell, Megan Scott and Áine O'Hara.
Script and voiceover by Áine O'Hara
This video was made on residency at A4 Sounds Studios as part of their We Only Want The Earth programme in 2020.
The patient will see you now is kindly supported by The Arts Council of Ireland’s Art Grant Funding 2020.