Australian PhD candidate, Vicky Hamilton, of Griffith University in Queensland is now in the latter stages of her CBS study. Her work is scheduled to be completed sometime in the new year.
One of the facets of her study is to collect people's personal accounts of their CBS and try to depict those visions in a way that can be made accessible to a wider audience: for example, an installation display at an art exhibition. Vicky has very kindly made available to the Foundation a few snippets of her project, which will be featured over coming weeks. To learn more about Vicky's work, please visit: https://cbsvisions.com/
The first depiction to be presented here is from subject 50 and the visions encountered in her bedroom:
Hamilton, V.H. & Participant 50. (2024) Childhood Checkers [Video]
Subject 50's personal account that led to the above:
"Why am I seeing this, what is happening to me? I have sight loss but didn't associate it with that, until I told my optician what was happening. Once I knew what was happening, they were beautiful little drawings. A lot like those my grandchildren and children drew when they were young. It's usually when I wake up in the morning after I've got up and I'm coming back into the bedroom. The room, the ceiling, the wall, the carpet, and the bed is covered from top to bottom... it was like a checkerboard. All very brightly coloured: pink, blue, yellow, green, orange, and purple. The visions where pleasant once I realised what was happening."
Any queries relating to the study (including requesting permission to use any material) please contact one of the researchers:
Prof Andrew Brown
p – (0)7 3735 6252
Ms Victoria Hamilton
p – 0408 723 276
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