I make films in response to my hallucinatory experiences, as a method of storytelling and a coping mechanism. In ‘Writing the world backwards’ and my TEDx Talk ‘How Creativity Revived Me’, film is a subject and an object, telling my story, my œuvre.

I am, this is, a work in progress:

I am currently making a feature documentary film, ‘Hallucinosis’, which expands this much further. “Hallucinosis” is a film that paints an intimate single character portrait about my life, as a woman who lives with a rare medical condition called ‘Organic Hallucinosis’, resulting from a traumatic brain injury. I talk about the challenges and insights of making this film, which shows how I develop new ways to cope with and make creative use of the restrictions my damaged brain imposes on me. Seeing clips from the film and the process of making, we witness a transition, from the absurd hallucinations produced by my damaged brain, to the evolution of a creative and resilient way of life. The film then subverts the stigma and stereotypes commonly associated with people experiencing hallucinations, psychosis, traumatic brain injury and mental illness more broadly. We see how documentary film and my story illuminate novel perspectives around fundamental ideas: the self, madness and sense.

See the trailer for Hallucinosis here:

https://vimeo.com/845757313