'When I'm Asleep'

This artwork was inspired by an offender learner who said that when he was asleep he felt more awake, this was because he got lost in his dreams. His heart sank upon waking as he opened his eyes and saw the underside of the prion bunk bed.

The beds in this artwork were donated by the prison and the top bunk was altered to imply a stretch skyward as though it had grown above the wall. In contrast to prison, the sculpture is displayed in a music festival which symbolises freedom and fun. The artwork examines people's conceptual and psychological sense of imprisonment and explores the power of the imagination, to help us to wake up and escape from a one-point perspective.

Exhibited at Belladrum Festival Inverness, 2014

Materials  Prison bunk beds, steel poles, sign, and ladder.