At the end of the day is a new video work by artist Jessie Boylan who asked staff working in Dhelkaya Health (Castlemaine Health), as well as residents of Penhall Hostel (Aged Care), about what they think goes unseen in their daily lives and work.

In a kind of ‘behind the scenes’ set up, Boylan has created a series of silent video portraits, where participants were asked to simply look into the camera’s lens, providing space for snippets of interviews to be overlaid as text, in an attempt to bridge the gap between what we might think and what we actually know about those who either work within the hospital system, or live out their days in one of Castlemaine’s aged care facilities.

Care is a much-used term, easy to say but harder to define.

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to all those who took part in this project from Dhelkaya Health (Castlemaine Health), Bendigo Health and Penhall Hostel.

From Penhall: Francis, Jill, Judith, Lois, Lynn, Michael, Noel, and Norma

From Dhelkaya Health: April, Ben (Bendigo Health), Fiona, Janine, Kerry, Meagan, Melinda, Sam, Shelley, Sherene, and Steve

This work was made on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Central Victoria, Australia.

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This work was commissioned for the Castlemaine Art Museum’s Terrace Projection Series as part of the RISE (Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand Fund) – an Australian Government Initiative.