“Ageing is something you do from the moment you’re born. This is a journey we’re all on. It’s a privilege to get older. It’s a privilege to say I’ve had another birthday, I am here.”
The Lifelines: Rethinking ageing across generations exhibition has now launched at Science Gallery London. I was very honoured to illustrate this project disrupting the dominant narrative of ageing as decline and looking at it as a lifelong process. This exhibition is an opportunity to reimagine what it means to age well, creatively, collectively to enrich our definition of ageing successfully.
Aside from live illustration canvasses created during various participatory workshops, I was commissioned to produce a timeline on the concept of successful ageing and how it has changed over time, as well as an interactive poster prompting the audience to share what ageing well looks like for them. I also created cartoons that were animated and incorporated in an exhibited movie directed and produced by Reuben Armstrong. Reuben is a fellow Pervasive Media Studio resident and we have collaborated on a number of projects throughout the last couple of years, including the Green Belt 2.0 R+D piece.
Lifelines: Rethinking ageing across generations is now on until Saturday 2nd August
Address: Science Gallery London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1
Opening times: 11 am - 6 pm
A collaboration with The Sciences of Ageing and the Culture of Youth (SAACY)
Photo copyright George Torode