John Wynne

Transplant: Book and DVD

Published by rb&hArts, 2008
“A first look reveals content that is almost snap-the-book-shut disturbing, but persevere and you are rewarded with a beautiful human story. The transplant ward is revealed as a unique and compelling environment, with alien sights and sounds and heightened emotions countered by meditative routine and endless waiting.” Grafik magazine
Transplant book cover Transplant DVD

Edited by Victoria Hume, this superbly designed book is a collection of essays with a wide range of perspectives on the Transplant project and the wider issues it raises. Book includes a 35-minute video by John Wynne and Tim Wainwright.

The Transplant video is available online here
The Transplant book is available as a PDF here
To obtain the physical book/DVD, email arts@rbht.nhs.uk
Grafik magazine review Grafik magazine
Contents
  • Introduction — Victoria Hume, Director of the UK Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance
  • Depths and clamour; inside and outside — David Toop, author of Ocean of Sound and Haunted Weather
  • The dance of life — Charles Darwent, art critic for The Independent on Sunday
  • Heartbeat — Lesley Sharp, medical researcher and author of Strange Harvest
  • Why are you always so happy? — Marcia Farquhar, artist
  • Sound and the boundless body — Tom Rice, anthropologist and author of Hearing and the Hospital
  • The psychological journey of transplantation: a second chance — Claire Hallas, psychologist
  • A patient's perspective — Kate Dalziel, heart transplant recipient
  • Angus Carlyle interviews the artists
  • John Wynne and Tim Wainwright interview Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub
  • Book design by Fraser Muggeridge Studio