View of a lounge during a migraine

  • Debbie Ayles
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View of a lounge during a migraine. Debbie Ayles. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Mirror Mirror - Artwork reflecting an aura suffered by the artist during a migraine. The image depicts the overlaying objects observed when looking around a lounge. The elements of the room are overlapped and the complete panaramic view is compacted into a small and complex area. The expression of claustrophobia is intended to convey the feeling of panic and wonder that this particular aura had on the sufferer. The migrane lasted 3 days causing pain and desperation. The flatterning of the images was another aura that was experienced in which objects lost their 3-dimentionality. The colours were used to convey beauty and vibrance but were painful to see during the migrane.

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