23 Oct, 6.30pm, Lower Ground Floor, City of Sydney Town Hall
The acclaimed British novelist and former mental health nurse argues that it is time to re-imagine care, rethink mental health labels and anti-stigma campaigns.
THE EMPATHY CLINIC
27 Sept- 16 Nov, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, UNSW Galleries
Unless we can imaginatively ‘step into someone else’s shoes’ we cannot empathise. The Empathy Clinic sets out to provide the practical tools, techniques and insights we need to become more empathetic. A unique set of rooms, installations and virtual reality tools by international and Australian artists will enable visitors to shift perspectives, gain insight into other minds and diverse forms of empathy, and undertake ‘empathy training’ with measurable results.
THE S-WORD - AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS WITH LIFELINE
10 October, Tallawoladah Lawn, near MCA, The Rocks
In an event for World Mental Health Day, Lifeline’s crisis support team host one-to-one informal conversations addressing anything you want to ask about suicide and mental distress.
DAUGHTERS
17 Oct, 6.30pm Panel Talk with 8pm Concert, City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Daughters is a world premiere song-cycle by librettist Tammy Brennan and composer David Chisholm that uses the haunting form of Portuguese fado, to follow a powerful journey tracing the effects of gender violence.
THESE WALLS COULD TALK
27 Sept - 3 Nov, Bradfield TAFE; also Chandos St & Atchison Lane, St Leonards
Artist Cameron Cripps-Kennedy, poet Omar Sakr and students of Bradfield College stage poetic conversations across the external walls of buildings in St Leonards.
UTI KULINTJAKU INITIATIVE - NEW VIRTUAL REALITY WORKS
UNSW Galleries, see The Empathy Clinic, 27 Sept - 16 Nov and Art After Hours, AGNSW, 16 Oct
The Uti Kulintjaku [UK] initiative is an innovative, Aboriginal-led mental health literacy project that takes its name from a Pitjantjatjara phrase that means ‘to think and understand clearly’. The UK initiative works at the interface of knowledge systems and languages to better understand mental health.
EDGE OF THE PRESENT
27 Sept-16 Nov, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, UNSW Galleries
Edge of the Present is an immersive virtual reality environment that cultivates the capacity for future thinking. Inspired by suicide survivors and neuropsychological research, this exhibit is led by artist Alex Davies. Informed by cognitive neuropsychology as well as lived experience, Edge of the Present is a partnership with The Black Dog Institute and the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention, supported by NSW Minister for Mental Health.
AMBASSADORS
John A Douglas, Sonakshi Babbar, Sandra Pankhurst, Will Centurian, Nat’s What I Reckon, Evelyn Araluen, Honor Eastly & Omar Sakr.
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