To pinpoint a site that is significant to all of us is difficult, especially since the majority of spaces we would prefer to be in are temporarily out of bounds. Nationally we are restricted to our homes, places that everyone experiences in different ways entirely, but a common idea is of how our relationships with our beds have changed. Generally, we are spending a lot more times in our beds, from working at home sat on our beds with laptops, to sleeping longer for lack of reason not to. With this in mind, we have decided to explore these ideas of our own beds and the way we inhabit them.

 

“I’ve pieced together different photos of the corner of my room where my bed is, hoping to give the viewer a sense of what the space looks and feels like, without giving too much away. I realise I’ve made myself vulnerable by sharing this, but I wanted to find a way to appreciate this safe space that I live in.” – Jessie Suong

 

“I wanted to explore the idea of that the bed is often thought of as the symbol of comfort and happiness however it can also produced quite the opposite emotions, especially in these lock down times” – George Bamford-White

 

 

 

 

“I’ve created my piece based on the repetitive lifestyle introduced by the current lockdown. Since lockdown started I’ve found myself extremely unmotivated and lost, resorting to scrolling aimlessly through my phone for most of the day.” – Francesca Egerton-Bland

 

 

 

“I wanted to make a piece that expresses the multipurpose functions of my bed, the time I spend in it, and the lack of energy I have in my own room. I also wanted to play with ideas of being alone and the time I now spend with myself due to the lockdown” – Phoebe Davies

 

 

 

 

“I decided to go out and photograph beds of the less fortunate as I feel this broadens the idea of what could be considered a bed” – Louis Cairns

 

 

 

   

“I’ve made an acrylic painting of myself in bed, painted on a white pillowcase; the idea for the piece is that it could be looked at from any way by rotating the canvas, leaving it open to the viewers own interpretation as to what the work is about.” – Tyra Elizabeth