Introduction

For more than fifteen years, a group of adult patients and educators from the Mental Health Department of Turin’s Local Health Authority has been participating in the workshops of PAV – Parco Arte Vivente, the experimental centre for contemporary art in Turin. In this text, curator Orietta Brombin traces the history of an experience that has become increasingly relevant, and reflects on the motivations and creative methods that have enabled the participants to grow together through the exploration and experimentation with various contemporary artistic languages.

Context

This text is one of the pilot studies of Re-Imagine Europe: New Perspectives for Action. In these contributions we explore and reflect on artistic practices and experimental approaches in the cultural field that can engage and activate audiences and communities to address ecological, social, and political challenges. The pilot studies provide an overview of practices of cultural organisations that can serve as models, recipes, or tools for transformation for current and future generations of cultural workers and artists.

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