Mindscapes
Mindscapes is an international cultural programme that aims to support a transformation in how we understand, address and talk about mental health.
Mindscapes is an international cultural programme that aims to support a transformation in how we understand, address and talk about mental health.
Combining diverse perspectives and expertise, the programme – including artist residencies, exhibitions and events – will be staged across Bengaluru, Berlin, New York and Tokyo. Our work has already begun and will culminate in the spring and summer of 2022.
Mindscapes brings together culture, policy and research across a range of disciplines. It is informed and inspired by Wellcome's mental health programme.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellen Reid has composed SOUNDWALK, a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the environment and encourage calm reflection.
Young people share how they've managed their mental health during and after Covid-19 lockdowns, in different and creative ways.
Catch up with the talks, which explore the role of the arts in giving new perspectives on, and improving, mental health, social justice and global health.
Our future projects include:
- Artist residencies and exhibitions
- Bengaluru: Indu Antony at the Museum of Art and Photography
- Berlin: Kader Attia at Gropius Bau
- New York: Guadalupe Maravilla at the Brooklyn Museum
- Tokyo: Yuki Iiyama at Mori Art Museum
- International artist-in-residence: Cecilie Falkenstrom
- User-generated documentary: we want to hear from people all over the world on what makes a positive difference to their mental health – submissions will open in June 2021.
More details about our future projects will follow later in 2021.
One in four people experience a mental health problem every year, but, for many years, treatments have hardly progressed. A holistic scientific, social and cultural approach is needed, now more than ever.
Through a range of cultural activities, Mindscapes will provide new perspectives on the interplay between urban environments and the mental health of their inhabitants, what helps people live with their mental health problems, and how they seek solutions.
Mindscapes has been developed by Wellcome in collaboration with:
Bengaluru
- Museum of Art and Photography (MAP)
- Science Gallery Bengaluru
- Quicksand
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
Berlin
- Gropius Bau Museum
- Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH)
- The Robert Koch Institute
- Charité
- Museum für Naturkunde
New York
- Brooklyn Museum
- The Center for the Humanities, Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Tenement Museum
- Center for Urban Pedagogy
- The Laundromat Project
- The New York Public Library
- Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK
Tokyo
See who's in our International Cultural Programmes team.