Comments on: Hearts, Lungs and Minds

By: John Wynne

John Wynne — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:24:59 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Victoria. One of the things we hoped the project would do was to help demystify the process, and we hoped it would be of use to patients and their relatives. Because we didn’t have a medical, personal or psychiatric agenda, the patients were remarkably open with us when we recorded them, and many of them said specifically that part of their reason for participating was to let people know what it was like.

We also published a book of essays, with contributions from a wide range of writers including the hospital psychiatrist, one of the heart transplant patients, David Toop (a writer on sound art), Charles Darwent (an art critic), Marcia Farquhar (an artist), Tom Rice (an anthropologist), Lesley Sharp (a medical researcher and writer). We also interviewed Magdi Yacoub, who more or less founded Harefield and has performed more heart transplants than anyone in the world. The book also contains a DVD by myself and Tim.

You can find out more about the book and DVD at:
http://www.sensitivebrigade.com/Transplant_book.htm

By: Victoria Mitton

Victoria Mitton — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:30:49 +0000

My older sister is going to have a lung transplant at Harefield soon and hearing other people’s accounts of surviving transplants has helped me to understand her situation better. Hearing stories first hand is so much more effective than reading about them. A great piece of work – thank you.

By: Sjukhusmiljöer at Det perfekta tomrummet

Sjukhusmiljöer at Det perfekta tomrummet — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:19:42 +0000

[...] Hur låter ett sjukhus? Ljudkonstnären John Wynne utforskade Harefield hospital under ett år. Något av resultatet finns här (mp3). [via Speechification. [...]

By: Alan Hall

Alan Hall — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:38:50 +0000

You can find out more about John’s radio work – including a clip from his previous ‘Between the Ears’ about the vanishing click languages of Botswana, ‘Hearing Voices’ – by visiting http://www.fallingtree.co.uk.

By: Steve Bowbrick

Steve Bowbrick — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:09 +0000

Great to hear from you, John. Loved the show. You could really do the Speechification community a favour by alerting us to future projects as they come up - and if you have any interesting audio you'd like an audience for, just drop me a line!

By: John Wynne

John Wynne — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:59:34 +0000

Thanks for your interest in my work – the hospital’s PR department spotted your blog and sent me the link. Tim, the photographer, and I have an installation based on our residency in the transplant hospital starting September 5 at the Nunnery Gallery in London. Info here:
http://www.bowarts.org/thenunnery/index.php?code=42