Digital Video, 10 minutes.

The heart of this piece lies in a grandson’s direct address to the audience and this was achieved filmically by Alec himself. Helen showed him how to use a cheap DV camera which he then took home. Over the months he kept a video diary of his relationship with his grandfather’s and the developing throat cancer. On the face of things the film is about a larygectomy but we feel that it’s really about the relationship of a grandchild to a grandparent and the impending death that will irreversibly change things.

Chris Rawlence. Rosetta Life

Rosetta Live! was a festival of film, performance, talks and education events designed to pioneer new ways of working with the arts in health. Helen Marshall worked on a series of residencies in hospitals and hospices over three years to produce works and finally curate the visual arts element of the festival.

The festival was produced and directed by Rosetta Life, an artist-led organisation that uses new technology to enable those living with life threatening illness to tell the stories that matter to them, and share them with an online community.