Princess Margaret Hospital Eating Disorders Unit - Department of ...

Government of Western AustraliaPERCENTPERCENTFORFORARTARTSCHEMESCHEMEEating Disorders ProgramPsychological Medicine Clinical Care UnitPrincess Margaret Hospital

PERCENTFOR ARTSCHEMEEating DisordersProgram,PsychologicalMedicine ClinicalCare Unit – PrincessMargaret Hospital2010Princess Margaret Hospital’s EatingDisorders Program (within the PsychologicalMedicine Clinical Care Unit) provideschildren, adolescents and their familieswith a specialised, multidisciplinary,evidence-based approach to theassessment and treatment of eatingdisorders. The program provides acomprehensive continuum of care,including in-patient, day treatmentand outpatient services. Care isprovided to young people and theirfamilies in individual and group settings.The program also provides state-widetraining, supervision and consultation.When short listed for this project,funded by the Western AustralianGovernment’s Percent for Art Scheme,Olga Cironis was filled with excitement.For some time she’s wanted to createan artwork that enhances the spacewhere young people with illness cometogether for treatment and time out.Olga strived to produce a work thatwas engaging, informative and fun foryoung people.Olga created “Laughter amongst Clouds”,a series of related works that enhancethis space. Four large digi glass panelswelcome clients and staff with imageryselected from historic photographsfrom the hospital’s archives, subtlecolours and text suggested by patientsand staff during interactions with the artist.It was designed to celebrate identity and givea sense of ownership to people (patients andstaff) who use the site.Adjacent to the digi glass panels areinstallations of over 70 steel framed artworks,representing a cohesive body of work.These works include fragments of artworkfrom patients and staff created at theformer clinic, photographs from hospitalarchives, mixed media, found and collectedobjects (textiles and linoleum) from thesite, clinic and surrounds. These worksembody a historical documentation ofthe clinic, pmh hospital and representcommunity and individual wellbeing.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSArtist:Olga CironisTitle:“Laughter amongst Clouds”Architect: MPS ArchitectsArt Coordinator: Alison BarrettPhotography: Eva FernándezOwner Agency: Paula Chatfield,Child and AdolescentHealth ServiceDTF ProjectDelivery Manager: Gary DixonGOVERNMENT OFWESTERN AUSTRALIADepartment of Treasury & FinanceDepartment of Culture and the Arts