Ulster Hospital, Macmillan Cancer Care Unit
Date: 2019-2021
Dimensions: 2m x 4m Atrium / 3m x 4m Waiting area 1 / 3m x 4m Waiting area 2
Materials: Artwork in ceramic for main atrium area. Printed Vescom for wall with glazed ceramic birds. Transparent printed vinyl on 2 sides of glass room.
Techniques: Printed and impressed ceramics with coloured slips and glazes with decal images of maps of the area.
Commissioned by: South Eastern Trust HSC
Location: Main atrium seating area at the entrance to the newly refurbished Macmillan Chemotherapy ward of the Ulster Hospital. Second artwork for the waiting area and treatment room.
Architects: Avanti Architects with Whittaker and Watt Architects
Description: The aim of the art commission is to provide a calm, colourful wall of interest at the first point of entry into the unit with a 50 piece ceramic artwork. Further designs for walls and glass are located in the consultation area further through the unit, providing privacy to a glass room and interest to a waiting area.
‘Flight and Movement’ – A series of interior artworks based on the theme of flight and movement in the newly refurbished Macmillan Cancer Care Unit. The artworks provide a calm, colourful wall of interest at the first point of entry into the unit.
Using the migration of birds, movement of tides, and maps of the Strangford Lough area on individual circles, the overall feel is a turbulent flow of water contained within an organized grid of circles. This reflects the emotions felt by patients and their families during their time here.
A secondary artwork in a mix of transparent vinyl, Vescom printed wall covering, and ceramic birds gives focus to two walls and a room in another smaller waiting area. Workshops with a select number of patients undergoing treatment resulted in a number of smaller artworks on the same theme and placed throughout the consultation rooms.
Here’s a short video for World Cancer Day https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoUa5loILBH/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
See all the images of this commission below:
