Adam Duncan (age 15)
Parkside Federation
Title : Fire in the Mind
Category : Neurodegeneration - the silent killer
Highly Commended
AD : The artwork consists of an interview I had with my great uncle who suffers from Parkinson's and a PET scan of his brain that he had from when he was diagnosed with it both printed onto a piece of paper. I used fire to convey the way that Parkinson's starts from something small and grows and grows and become life threatening and the interview to lend a touch of humanity to the piece because if people think of neurodegeneration as a whole they don't see what it is like for the individuals that it effects.
Judges comments : This personal interview with a real Parkinson's Disease sufferer was thought provoking and effective. Very powerful visual imagery of burning through a paper diagnosis.