Jennifer Hunt
My graduating project is an on-going commitment to collecting both the stories and objects of workers employed at the former Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital in Ballarat. Compellingly, most records of staff at these institutions have been destroyed from public record, and few items relating to workers at Lakeside have been preserved by museum collections. Presenting a selection of testimonies alongside the objects many of the staff chose to keep, their keys, I explore the complexity of power that comes from a lock and key.

photogram of objects kept from Lakeside by Sally.

the fork is engraved, which was to prevent the 'stealing of government property'.
the teabag represents the singular pot of tea prepared for all patients. milk and sugar.
and most importantly, the keys which ignited this project.

the key to the keys

the key collection as it currently stands

the gounds of Lakeside

excerpt from 'Rest Under Lock and Key'

excerpt from 'Rest Under Lock and Key'

for further inquiries and a copy of this publication, please contact Jennifer Hunt at jenniferhunt21@outlook.com

Installation view 1

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