Rediscovered
Marshall Edwards
Marshall Edwards’ Rediscovered follows the lives of four recovering drug addicts based in Newport, South Wales. Each of the four have been interviewed, talking through their stories of drug addiction, touching on their lowest points addicted to drugs, but also how they are taking the right steps to recover and become clean of drug addiction. They are all connected to the Gwent Drug Addiction Services. GDAS have allowed people involved in this project to get their lives back on track, offering food stations and support groups to help them. The works created are reconstructions showing the low points in their life in contrast to the recovery images. Drug addiction is a huge problem in the UK. 1 in 11 adults aged 16 to 59 years (approximately 3 million) reported drug use in June 2022. The emphasis in the work however is on what each person is doing to recover from their drug addiction.
