Lithium Mania • Wellcome Collection
2021 | Composer & Sound Designer
Commissioned by the Wellcome Collection.
Selected for In The Dark’s New Voices 2022 and presented on XMTR
A disastrous night out left Grace Simpkins in no doubt: she was drinking too much and needed help, but her doctor was more concerned about her mental health than her alcohol consumption. Several appointments and many months later, Grace was diagnosed bipolar and prescribed lithium. Here she recounts the beginning of a troubled new relationship with a mysterious drug.
Written and narrated by Grace Simpkins
Music and Sound by Alice Boyd
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