The Attune Research Project (2022-2023)

The above images are from various pages of the finished photo zines produced by the participants, who choose to remain anonymous.

The Attune Research Project (2022-2026) involves academic researchers from Oxford University and Falmouth University delivering a 4-year programme which combines both artistic and scientific methods to explore the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in children and young people.  

Brett was commissioned at the initial stages of the project (2022-2023) to create a series of photography workshops to enable young people from Cornwall to explore and express their concerns around their mental health. 

Brett’s aims for the Attune project was to give young people the time and space to think about their mental health and express themselves through images and words and document it within a notebook. Brett states, “It is not just about making work but about being together, understanding one another and trusting each other.”

Brett intuitively re-created each of the participants notebooks on InDesign to produce a series of photo zines not only for the young people themselves to self-reflect, but also to be used as a tool to reach out to others as well as inform healthcare professionals.  Therefore, creating a platform to generate supportive words of wisdom to those that are also struggling, but also words of protest from the young people for those who need to hear.