Cole & Joslin's approach encourages conversations through play, using materials, language and performance to generate dialogue and reflection. The outcomes are varied and speculative;  this material is used to create video works that are shared with participants during the process of making and testing. Contributors are consulted throughout and conversations are maintained to ensure full transparency and engagement. This is a slow way to work, responsive to the sensitivities and vulnerabilities inherent within a creative process and can have significant impact on the lives of the people who participate.

Since our collaboration began, we have primarily worked with people who have come together to find support and ways to move on from their varied and difficult circumstances. We also work with organisations and other artists and researchers, offering workshops and talks to expand the conversation about how creative approaches can support recovery, build confidence and new communities. 

Recent feedback comments from participants:
"This project has totally rebooted my outlook on life”
“Taking instructions is difficult for me, with my autism. But here not getting it right doesn’t matter”
"I've never been involved in something as transformative as this"
“I have become more aware of myself. More open to change within myself, in a more constructive way”
“My brain is waking up and I feel so alive”
“This project is safe to feel and think about your feelings”
"I’ve been stimulated being around other women and being introduced to new ideas. It did shift something in me, I suddenly got ideas"