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From: jon.folly@dial.pipex.com (Jonathan Hill)
Subject: Major new project - images of epilepsy
Date: 1996/10/26
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 I recently staged an exhibition of my photographic work in Lancaster,
U.K. 

The images dealt with my experiences of epilespy and the affects on my
life and those around me.

The work recently appeared in the British Epilepsy Associations
magazine, 'Epilepsy Today.'

I am now taking this a stage further and will be undertaking a large
scale project looking at ways in which photography may be useful in
helping people to express what epilepsy means to them and also to help
gain greater awareness to the diverse and often misunderstood nature
of this condition. This will involve running workshops and getting
people with epilepsy involved in expressing themselves through images.

One area I am personally interested in is ways in which people with
epilepsy help control their seizures by concentrating on particular
things, mediatation, hypnosis or perhaps talking to themselves etc.

If you have any ideas as to who may be interested in getting involved
then please contact me. The project is called 'Aura' and if you are
interested in finding out more then get in touch. I am looking for a
national and international involvement from atists with epilepsy. I am
also very much in need of funding, so again if you have any ideas
please let me know.

I look forward to hearing from you

Jonathan Hill. (please email replys as well as posting in newsgroup)
photographer
current work at 
http://www.artec.org.uk/channel/folly