Are you having microsleeps? Once when sleep deprived I had them, and also kept seeing people who wanted to look after me. People kept asking me if I was okay, and I wondered whether to tell the extent of my hallucinations. Are you irritable? I dont think I was creative at all, except for my […]

At this stage of the game what’s the one thing you have with you that you feel you really couldn’t do without? hmc Music was the biggest thing that saved my sanity and the other ‘band members’ in the subjects. They made it an enjoyable experience and if I didn’t have that camaraderie it would […]

I’ve noticed that the theme of compliance has been mentioned many times and obviously everyone went into this being willing participants but I’m curious though how that compliance is filtering into your creative mediums? Additionally, is it making you reflect on how much control you have in the ‘real world’ over your creative processes? Kristy […]

Have you noticed any associative changes between smell, taste, and memory?  Chris There was an absence of smells, except for of course my art materials. You could smell the food wafting through the door but the food itself was quite bland, although edible. I think as you get more tired, your brain starts playing tricks […]

How have your feelings towards the scientists tasked with waking you/preventing you from sleeping changed? Is fatigue starting to override social niceties? Sean the Bookonaut Hi Sean! My feelings fluctuate pretty wildly. It helps that all of the scientists are lovely people. If they were more authoritarian it would be easier to resent them, but […]

With no direct exposure to the external weather events, can you gauge any of the changes due to minor fluctuations in air pressure? The relationship between sound, pressure and temperature is something the human body can be attuned to in a multi-sensory sense – are you at all aware of vibrations that may exist on […]

Downstairs its just like any normal day here, but I doubt its very normal for you. My question is, have you thought about trying to escape yet? Or if not escaping, trying to cheat the lockdown by finding out what time it is? Stuart  Funnily enough one of the first things I did when I […]

Given that Writers’ Week is a partner, do you have books with you and if so what are they? Clare We were invited to bring books, CDs and DVDs. All my media is digital so I couldn’t bring any music or film/TV but I did have a few books in tree format. I have William […]

Firstly, huge props to you all for taking one for the creative sector in Oz and worldwide. Q: Do you have Net access, Twitter access and similar during the residency? Ben Fox

Do you intend to upload work in your usual medium, or are you taking this as an opportunity to experiment artistically (as well as physically, psychologically, emotionally!)? Vicki