Mia Douglas
Mia Douglas is a London-based, queer, trans-disciplinary artist. Their practice is chiefly concerned with understanding and exploring dissociation; forming a visual language as a means to discuss such an ineffable phenomenon. Bringing together lens-based art, performance, sound, and video, Douglas aims to shine a light on an underrepresented condition, as a way to destigmatise the symptoms of dissociation.
Confronting their relationship with DPDR (depersonalisation/derealisation disorder) through engaging with past experiences, Mia explores their visceral response to learning to drive at 17 years old. These images act as a depiction of the sensory reaction, caused by an alien form of anxiety; dissociation.
The idea was formed before Mia was equipped with the language to articulate the experience of DPDR, and thus relate to other’s. Since creating this piece, Mia has gone on to expand their exploration of this subject. The title of this open call resonates with Mia’s experience when creating these images...
“I used to think I was crazy... then I realised the condition of DPDR”
