Ruth Gilmour

Visual Artist‍

www.rthglmr.com‍

@rthglmr

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Slips of the Tongue

Silk, digital printing and needlework. 2023.

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Exhibitor’s text

Slips of the Tongue confronts the objectification of patients and the increasing integration of digital technology within health care. Informed by her own experiences of illness, Gilmour challenges traditional craft norms to reveal how verbal blunders and digital glitches can exacerbate vulnerability. In its exploration of the Western medical gaze, the project unravels notions of wholeness, perfectibility and oneness, urging a deeper grasp of our sensorium amid the digital era.

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Keywords

Silk, printing, needlework, deconstruction, installation, body, tongue, gesture, assemblage, thread, medical, care, biometric, vulnerability, fragility, slip, glitch, objectification, fibre, post-human.