HAZARDS IN THE HOME
CAUTIONARY TALES FOR THE MODERN PARANOID
Our houses absorb our anxieties and our paranoia.

We have come to view our houses as a delicate balance between comfort and accident. According to The Office for National Statistics, the house is a very dangerous place. In 2004, 101 people died due to a fall from a bed, 23 people died from exposure to an electric current, 2 people died due to contact with a hot drink, 3 people died in a freak lawn mower accident, and 6 people died due to contact with a radiator.

This film considers the probability that I might die in my room over a period of 24 hours. This is dependant upon both how much time I spend there and how dangerous the items around me might be. I mapped how dangerous different items were according to how many people died due to that item in 2004. The extent to which each object glows is indicative of how dangerous it is, and the time that it glows is indicative of when I am near that object within a 24 hour period. The final deathscape indicates different danger levels in my room over a twenty four hour period, and is an overlay of all the film stills.

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