@TIGHTCONTROL

by Zoe Partington

Image Description: The wording reads on the artwork '@Tightcontrol'- neon lights in shocking pink lights created in a stylised handwritten font. The neon words are framed inside a transparent perspex box.

Medium: neon glass tube lights/ surrounded by a Perspex box with electric plug in.

Depth: 80mm, Height: 515mm, Length: 1775mm

Weight: 33lbs 4oz (15.08kg)

“@tightcontrol” is a phrase used by visual artist and creative consultant Zoe Partington in her neon artwork. Zoe chose this term as it was often used in the clinics by nurses without clear reference to context when she was pregnant and it felt at times quite controlling. Zoe used the handle originally for her Twitter account; anyone with diabetes will understand the reference. Partington’s work often incorporates slogans designed by her and from the disability rights movement, using neon signs to highlight issues of control and autonomy experienced by disabled individuals.