The Longest Line

(Full documentation currently underway)

Scope
︎ Data Visualisation ︎ Textile Art ︎ Research ︎ Art Direction

Year 2025

Credits
Collaboration with Savannah Berry︎︎︎


The Longest Line is a data-driven textile artwork exploring waiting and emotional endurance within NHS A&E departments. It translates the often-invisible systems of triage, time, and care into a tactile visual language.

Drawing from observational data, personal stories, and NHS emergency care structures, the work captures two perspectives: Clinical productivity of doctors and nurses, and the emotional journeys of patients. Vertical weavings map staff rotas; horizontal knits embody patient experiences.

These interlocked threads form a 24-hour portrait of time— where emotion is suspended, labour is continuous, and people are quietly held in place.