Learning To Fall is a collaborative project between Hannah and Kevin Lycett, a visual artist and musician. Kevin lives with Multiple Myeloma (blood cancer) and Hannah lives with Ulcerative Colitis, between them have received significant medical care, which for Kevin has been literally life-saving.
The title of this project is a reference to the physical and philosophical experience of living with a chronic illness. What happens when your body violently attacks itself? How do you cope when you experience a striking loss of agency? What role does the actual sick person have in the care of their illness?
Together Kevin & Hannah are asking questions around agency and self healing while seeking to avoid toxic positivity, or false hopes. They believe in the power of the mind-body connection. They are using their movement and visual art practices to develop a relationship with their illnesses that includes the mysterious, spiritual and embodied experience of illness.
Kevin & Hannah began their collaboration through Quarantine’s intergenerational residency programme. You can watch an interview about their experience on the residency here.
Learning To Fall has received funding from Arts Council England and is supported by Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire Dance. Kevin & Hannah are looking for partners for future performances.