Maybe change is ahead not behind

Curious about how collaborations between artists, clinicians and researchers in healthcare come together? Join us for this sharing event that explores an experimental online artist residency that has been taking place since January 2022.

The residency takes place at the National Centre for Gaming Disorders at the Central and NW London NHS Foundation Trust, led by Consultant Psychiatrist and keen art lover Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones, and is part of the only NHS Clinic focused on treating online behavioural disorders. The residency sees artists Katriona Beales and Anna Bunting-Branch developing new artworks for the Centre alongside a series of online workshops for service users (aged 18-24yrs). Their residency explores the interplay between physical and virtual, game theory and world-building using processes such as 3D scanning and stop-motion animation. It builds on Katriona’s previous body of work ‘Are We All Addicts Now?’ The residency is supported by Arts Council England.

This event is an opportunity to hear about the residency from the artists and medical professionals involved. There will be short presentations from the Centre, Katriona and Anna followed by a panel discussion and Q&A in which the artists will be joined by Prof Bowden-Jones, Alison Smith (Family Psychotherapist) and Dr Vanessa Bartlett (McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Melbourne).

Where & when.
Online (Zoom)
9th Sept, 2pm – 4pm

Cost.
Free

https://www.artsandhealthhub.org/events/residency