Following on from my last post I have found a fascination in the way that people react to human condition. I was particularly drawn to the following article detailing the account of a young 20-year-old man called Umaru. Having contracted the Ebola Virus Umaru managed to recover from the virus after being admitted to the MSF's Prince of Wales Ebola Management Centre in Freetown.
What struck me about the article was about the reaction Umaru faced after being diagnosed and even after being cured of the virus. Umaru stated that when first experiencing symptoms of the virus 'everyone was scared. I could not stay in my own home any longer.' He also stated as if it was normal practice that 'Normally people with Ebola get driven from their homes.' and that despite being cured that his 'younger brother was stopped from seeing me by his father.' The comparison between the treatment of Ebola suffers/ survivors in the UK and in Umaru's case intrigued me as to how different cultures cope with human condition and illness. I was reminded of the UK cases of William Pooley, and Pauline Cafferkey whom both contracted the virus while working in Sierra Leone, both of which were admitted into UK hospitals for treatment.
Reading a further into the case of Pauline Cafferkey I found a profile article of her case on the BBC. The imagery featured in the article struck a chord with me, finding them intimidating and foreboding, the sense danger in the occult. This sense of place and sense of danger is something that I think I would like to try to replicate within my work, making the viewer reflect on the strange hypercondriac , fear like state that we all are so vulnerable to despite the missing presence of a visual threat.
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| Still from the video diary Pauline Cafferkey kept during her time in Sierra Leone |
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| Highly Infectious Disease Specialist Unit Ms Cafferkey was admitted to |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30684665
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