Pain Relief, 2022
I made this print after another round of appointments with my medical team and returning to more prescriptions for my chronic health condition. I felt frustrated that I had to add more pills to my daily pile. A part of me felt embarrassed that I needed to take even more pills than I do already. There’s still ableism I need to work through in so many parts of my own health experience. Another part of me felt envious for the days when I didn’t need to take any pills, a privilege I now recognize.
The text reads: “Come and rest, for you were never meant to labour for a wage.” This print was made both as a response to the lack of government support for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and critiquing wage labour.
The Irish Free State passports were implemented once after the Ango-Irish Treaty was signed. This treaty meant that the British army would withdraw from Ireland. However, Ireland would still remain under the British empire, deemed a “dominion”, and required to show allegiance to the Crown until 1938.
Iris Canada was 100 years of age when she was evicted from home by her landlords after three years of fighting the eviction process. Her landlords planned to convert the building where she lived into condominiums in the already-heavily-gentrified city of san francisco. She had lived in her home since the 1950’s. Canada’s health worsened after her eviction and she died from a stroke one month after she was forced out of her home.
More information about Canada’s experience and legal case can be found at the San Francisco Bayview Newspaper. Sarah’s print was based off of a photo of Canada taken by Wayne Freedman for the San Francisco Bayview Newspaper.
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