There is a difference between seeing and looking at something: to see is when something without any intention comes into your view and you become aware of it existing, like a bird flying over the sky… But to look at something is to observe and discover it in all different angles and know it in … Read more
As the world struggled to control the spread of Coronavirus I found myself locked down with the mice who had moved into my house. An internet search for solutions indicated this as a problem people struggle with worldwide. It seems a very human thing to live with ‘pests’ while devising elaborate ways to control them. … Read more
This publication contains work made by prisoners at HMP Dumfries in response to photographs from the Dumfries and Galloway Libraries Image Archive. The only two images in the archive that specifically relate to the prison are reproduced unaltered in the front and back of the booklet. Each shows the view out into Dumfries from the … Read more
Nothing is Impossible Under the Sun brings together material from over two years working with refugees and migrants in Calais. Sound recordings, conversation transcripts, found snapshots, moving image, drawings and closely observed photographs were gathered or made and have formed a book, exhibition and video work. Rejecting neat linear narratives the work is edited in … Read more
As Artist in Residence at Abbeyhill Primary School I was invited to respond to the ‘Loose Parts’ that had newly arrived in the playground. These are ordinary objects that children can reconfigure in hundreds of ways, constructing their own play environment. I began by photographing the way the children use the space and the Loose … Read more
I worked at HMP Low Moss for five months leading photography workshops once a week. Activities included discussion and reframing of existing images, cyanotypes, building a camera obscura, collage, photographing still life, macro photography and capturing movement. As learners could not be photographed identifiably, we photographed them from behind and then used these images (or … Read more
I was honoured to contribute to Answers Without Words. The Free Mind Collective, a group of prisoners and ex-prisoners, along with Anke Schuttler and Roshani Thakore, wrote questions for photographers from around the world to answer with photographs. We then wrote questions for them to answer with images. Installation images by Anke Schuttler.
Vox Liminis commissioned me to make some work in response to the song ‘Never Got to Say Goodbye’ from their latest album: Distant Voices: Not Known at This Address. The finished work was installed on Trongate in Glasgow. The Distant Voices project opens up discussion on different peoples experiences of crime, punishment and reintegration in … Read more
The triggering of Article 50 in March 2017 marked the formal start of the Brexit process. After a referendum characterised by polarisation, fear and lack of information on both sides, it seemed a good time to stop and listen. In response to this, my collaborator Ali Avery and I travelled the UK in leaps of … Read more
Life After Detention from Alice Myers on Vimeo. This film was made in collaboration with Scottish Detainee Visitors’ Life After Detention group. It was filmed entirely by members of the group using their mobile phones.