Veronika Bromova: Views, 1996, from the series On the edge of the horizon.
“I thought it was a fantastic workshop. I learnt a great deal from it. It gave me a greater awareness of the dangers of stereotyping and making assumptions”
WORKSHOPS
Practical Skills
Bodywork: Non-Verbal Communication
Do others see us as we intend? An exploration of physical
states and communicative messages. If we imagine that a doctor is ‘performing
medicine’ how does his/her stage presence impact on the well-being
of the patient and affect the dramatic narrative of the consultation?
Suzy Willson
Who Do You Think You Are? Power &
Status
A theatre workshop that addresses power and status
transactions and examines the idea of status using a number improvisational
games and archetypal masks.
John Wright
Voice
Evidence suggests that a doctor’s tone of voice
has a significant impact on a communication between doctor and patient.
In this session a voice coach from a leading theatre company will show
you how you can have more control over the affect your voice is having
in a consultation.
Barbara Housemann
Artists Working in Healthcare Settings
An Introduction To Arts In Health
Seminar about role of arts in health and visit to Bart’s
and The London West Wing - acclaimed state-of-the-art Breast Care Centre.
A charitably funded arts project running across three hospital sites, Vital
Arts delivers a collaborative programme of integrated arts project for comfort,
healing and well-being of patients, staff and the wider hospital community.
Vital Arts
Arts In Palliative Care
An introduction to Rosetta Life, an artist-led organisation
that enables those facing the end of their life to tell the stories that
matter to them, shape them into an art work and share them with an audience
of their choice via the internet. Participants will learn the role of
an arts practice specifically targeted to one group of people and will
be given tools to reflect upon their own responses to the stories they
hear.
Rosetta Life
Perceptions Of Pain
Artist Deborah Padfield talks about her award-winning
project developed with consultant Dr Charles Pither, the medical Director
of INPUT Pain Unit at Guy’s, which uses photography to search for
a 'visual language for pain'. The project culminated in a series of exhibitions,
lectures, a tour, publication and the pioneering of a visual resource
of pain images for use in GP Surgeries and specialist pain units, aimed
at facilitating dialogue between patient and clinician within medical
consultations.
Deborah Padfield
Art Therapy
Art therapist Megan Tjansk introduces students to art
therapy and explains some of the ways arts therapy may be applied in the
health service. The workshop will include an introduction to the history
and basic principles of art therapy, a case study of art therapy in practise
and experiential exercises including art making and group work.
Megan Tjansk
How To Live
In this workshop Bobby Baker and psychologist Richard
Hallam will talk about their collaboration which led to the award -winning
show How To Live seen at the Barbican recently. Drawing on her
own experiences of mental health professionals, Bobby will show how useful
it is to 'put yourself in someone else's shoes’.
Bobby Baker
Examining Cultural and Ethical Issues Through the Arts
Playing Doctors And Nurses
The session examines the representation of medical
practitioners in the media. It explores different genres of medical programming
and consider how the media may be used to challenge and/or reinforce medical
authority.
Emma Govan
Body Politics
This lecture looks at the work of recent performance
practitioners to explore ideas about the ownership and control of our
bodies. While we might think of ourselves as having full control over
the body - over its movement, its image and its rights - what do conventional
attitudes towards tattooing, self-mutilation, abortion, S/M and other
sensitive practices reveal about the limits to which we can claim full
ownership of our bodies? To what extent does the government, medical practice,
and other institutions - including the family - claim ownership of our
bodies? How have artists represented and explored these ideas in performance?
Artists whose work will be discussed may include Franko B, Ron Athey,
Kira O'Reilly, Karen Finley and Genesis P-Orridge.
Domonic Johnson
Difference
Internationally renowned performance artists Peggy
and Lois introduce students to ideas about gender and sexuality developed
over 25 years of making gender-bending performances. This workshop has
been developed in collaboration with a GP specialising in women’s
sexual health.
Lois Weaver & Peggy Shaw (Split Britches)
Embodiment
Working with Liz Ellis, Artist Educator at Tate Modern,
this session includes a trip to Tate Modern to explore a range of modern
and contemporary artworks, which investigate ideas of the body. This workshop
takes place in the public gallery space, using a variety of activities
and handling resources. Students will have the opportunity to use sketchbooks
to record their ideas.
Liz Ellis
Finding Inspiration In The Human Body
& Health
This session examines Lizzie Burns’ technique
of discovering artistic inspiration in the body. Students will examine
microscopic images and will be encouraged to question how such images
are produced.
Lizzie Burns