On Monday I was able to share my progress with my tutor, such as my interview with an art director (which can be found on one of my recent blogs) and research about light artists, such as Robert Irwin, Mary Corse, and Keith Sonnier who all have a different approach towards playing with light. Some artists have a more architectural approach towards it such as considering how light streams inside a building as well as some works reminded me of the anti-depressant lights that can be used at home.
https://www.news24.com/life/wellness/body/condition-centres/depression/about-depression/light-box-might-help-nonseasonal-depression-too-20151119
I started doing my research more about mental disorders too, as I was advised by the dragons. I found that bipolar disorders can be well treated by taking stress off of the patient, for which reason I believe such patients can especially benefit from my future integration at hospitals, as my different light forms intend to reduce stress.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-disorders
After going through my list of research questions with my tutor, I tried to focus more on the fact not include any answer in my question, to be able to work more freely with it.
After brainstorming we came to the conclusion that this could be an interesting starting point for a research question:
How can creativity be incorporated as a healing element in hospital environments?
Additionally, I mentioned the different charities that have potential and that I can reach out to for an interview, which are:
-Create Arts Org
-Arts Social Foundation
Further advise I received was to start considering in what exact quarter of the hospital it is most important in to integrate my idea and to start doing a SWOT analysis to support my project. This will help to identify any risks, I might have not thought of yet.
For my early intervention, I could start to think of questions that can be asked before and after the healing experience intervention.
With this, people’s mood, creativity, and impact on healing can be tracked, by seeing how they act, react and feel during and after the experience.
Ideas for an intervention could be to give out clay to the participants in the new environment I created and see how creative they are compared to a regular setting.
Another plan could be to just concentrate on people’s feelings while experiencing color and light.