Hidden Stories of the Heart

Our hearts are often thought of as our emotional centre. Advances in medical imaging have furthered our understanding of our hearts and studies suggest that stress from extreme life events can have an impact on the structure and function of the heart.

Drawing on personal accounts of women from the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry and methods of analysing cardiac images, Hidden Stories of the Heart translates experiences of extreme stress into abstract models and sounds of the heart to explore how stress and disease can affect our vital organ.

The use of paper mache- which sees distressed, shredded paper transform into a strong structure- echoes the resilience of the women and their hearts.