Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia

European Museums, The British Museum

Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia

Cradle to Grave explores our approach to health in Britain today and addresses some of the ways that people deal with sickness and try to secure well-being.

It was created by Susie Freeman, a textile artist, David Critchley, a video artist, and Dr Liz Lee, a general practitioner. The two lengths of fabric illustrate the medical stories of a man and a woman. Each piece contains over 14,000 drugs, the estimated average prescribed to every person in Britain in their lifetime, incorporated in 'pockets' of knitted nylon filament.


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Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia
Taken on  Saturday 15th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Tags:  britain | cradle | drugs | grave | nylon | pharmacy
Source:  London, United Kingdom

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