Hollie Jayne Harrison- BA (Hons) Photography
Stuck // Habituation
Through Stuck // Habituation, Hollie Jayne Harrison seeks to control and contain the uncontainable - the non-linear and terrifying nature of the cycle that anxious thought gets stuck within, and the dramatic reinvention taken to break out of it. The analogue image acts as representation, and a primary language during periods of struggle, both before and in the aftermath of intervention. With small enquiries challening and documenting their darily lived experience, Harrison questions space and the movement of time, portraying snippets of the physical and emotional walls that they live within, showcasing monotonous moments which mask overbearing anxiety.
Shaped by the space of the shower, a conflicting space for many who struggle with their mental health, the work provides a challenging place of sanctuary and self-regulation, whereby the goings on of the external are silenced, before being reintroduced in a cacaphony once the water is shut off.
I want to get better. I need to get better.
But being like this is comforting.
