In/Visible
What does it mean to be ‘visible’ or ‘invisible’ when we think about our mental health?
New work by Deborah Shaw, Fibi Cowley, Meray Diner, Rebecca Livesey-Wright & Indra Wilson, Ritu Arya, and Sarah Forrest will shed light on hidden stories rooted in lived experience.
Through music, film, sound art and sculpture, these pieces cover vocal and physical tics, conflict, trauma, queer pregnancy and m*therhood, and neurodivergence.
Explore the artworks
HTSUOGHT by Sarah Forrest
A collaboration between artist Sarah Forrest and her nephew Ruaridh who has ADHD. This short film combines animation, video footage and spoken word recordings to explore the idea that there is no ‘correct’ way for the brain to work.
The Figure in the Carpet
Taking place in an abandoned dolls house at nightfall, this story of intrigue and alienation by Fibi Cowley is crafted through doll-making, shadow puppetry and live folie. Created in conversation with the Change Mental Health Hearing Voices Service.
Flutter
Composer and sound artist Deborah Shaw (Aurora Engine) presents Flutter, an electronic-infused choral suite inspired by her lived experience of both vocal and physical tics. This work explores living with and managing tics and how sound and singing can serve as a mental health tonic.
Invisible M*ther
Invisible M*ther is a collaborative piece by Rebecca Livesey-Wright and Indra Wilson. It uses polyvocal writing techniques to to visibilise hidden maternal narratives whilst affording an element of anonymity important for preserving a safe space for both ourselves and those who are adjacent to our stories.
Peek-A-Boo / how do you make your toast?
Multidisciplinary artist Ritu Arya presents sculpture installation Peek-A-Boo, a series of hand-sculpted, life-sized ‘inside-like’ bodily shapes explicitly representing what the body and mind of a person crippled with aftermaths of trauma can feel like.
