ReQOL-10 was performed as part of 'The Participatory Clinic' curated by Shona McNaughton, at the Glasgow Women's Library, Glasgow. May 2025.
It was inspired by my experiences of going for STI checks at the Glasgow Sandyford Clinic. "ReQOL-10" refers to the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) questionnaire often used in health and medical settings. It was developed to assess the quality of life for people with different mental health conditions.
"The Participatory Clinic is a performance and a diagnosis of a culture. Inspired by the political ephemera of LGBTQ+ and women’s health activism from the 1980s recorded in GWL’s archives, the artist will host a cast of artists, performers and writers, in a contemporary reimagining of that material. Propagated from the satirical comic strips concerning health discrimination and based on the non-hierarchical structure of a 1980s feminist health centre, this immersive performance features performance lectures, readings, experimental sound, live art and dance. Ranging from texts exploring bodily experiences of art and art making and the physical barriers and absences from cultural space, to creative and comedic representations of gender, race and class based health inequalities." - Read more here
The event featured contributions from: Akshi Singh, Bridget O’Gorman, Carl(e) Gent, Chao-Ying Rao (Femme Castratrice), D.A.M.N Motion Metrics, Kirsty Hendry, Jude Browning, Michelle Hannah, Rosie O’Grady, Philip Ewe, Shona Macnaughton
Sound tech: Libby Dougall
Performance documentation Katherine Cox @kathclick
performance
glasgow, 2025
