I have been developing Care in Progress since 2018 in Ireland and abroad. Care in Progress began as a coping mechanism for my treatment, hospitalisation, and life living with Bipolar Disorder. The work is an in-depth exploration of coming out of a Bipolar manic episode and starting afresh or just trying to get by. I was a single mom, trying to go back to college as a mature student, while also working as a healthcare assistant at night. I needed to relearn how to live with this new diagnosis.
It's my job to care for my son, my mother, my grandfather, my patients at work, and now myself. I am still struggling with it. I use documentary snapshots to document moods such as depression, suicide idealisation, hypersexuality, and apprehensiveness. Juxtaposed with bouts of euphoria and elation or simply being content with life.
