Props For An Imagined Life – Jeni Reid

Props For An Imagined Life is about what happens when the life you expected to have is sent off track by circumstances beyond your control. How do you cope with the loss of your hopes and dreams and what do you do with the life you have instead?

Using their own knowledge of living with a chronic illness, Jeni Reid’s exhibition at the Meffan in Forfar invites the viewer to enter two very different worlds. In the first, Reid uses their past life aspirations to imagine what a life without illness might have looked like. This world is photo perfect, fantastically styled and out of reach. The second world represents a much smaller life, one that is bounded by limited capacity. This world is messy and hands on with the chance to participate in making, or simply to enjoy being around interesting textures and colours. There will be room to talk and share experiences.

Jeni will be in residence at the Meffan once a week and looks forward to sharing these worlds with visitors.