This is the final event of the Mad Balkans – Transforming psychiatry through art, a 2-year project funded by Creative Europe. It has used different artforms to empower people suffering from mental health issues and trauma.
The Department of Art, Design and Drama at Oslo Met, and project partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia, which are founding members of the West Balkan Hearing Voices Network (WBHVN), have cooperated in the project together with mental health service users and professionals. Now we present the art made during the project and discuss how art can contribute to mental health.
You are warmly welcome to see, feel, hear and participate!
Program
10:30–11:55 Black Box, Pilestredet 32 (P32):
- Opening of the day, The Head of The Department Liv Klakegg Dahlin, OsloMet
- Mad Balkan project introduction, Mimmu Rankanen, OsloMet
- Document film of the theatre project "Knock Knock Cabaret – in the ambulance» and the short film: “GLAS/VOICES” in cooperation with the service users from Dom Turnic, Croatia
11:55-12:15 Break
12:15-13:30 Seminar Prøvesal 2 (across the hallway from Black Box):
- Introduction to the project’s artistic workshops in dialogue with representatives from partner countries, Mimmu Rankanen, OsloMet and Andela Jovanović Association Prostor, Heidi Dahlsveen, OsloMet and Mediha Kovačević-Jovanović Association Tavan, Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk, OsloMet, Alenka Vondra Butigan and Andrej Škedel, Dom Turnic.
- Introduction of the book, Zlatan Jovanovic, Association Tavan
13:30-13:50 Break
13:50-15:10 Panel in Prøvesal 2 (across the hallway from Black Box):
- Moderator: Mimmu Rankanen, Professor of Art Therapy, OsloMet.
- Speakers: Carmen Simonsen, Professor in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Zlatan Jovanovic, Coordinator of the Association Tavan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maja Thune Art Therapist and author, Norway, Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk, Professor of Drama and Theatre, OsloMet.
15:15 Exhibition opening P32 downstairs hall – in front of the auditorium
- Exhibition opening with drinks and mingle
- Artworks by users of the association Prostor in cooperation with artists Vladimir Milanovic, Ljiljana Sunjevaric, Marija Kucan, Zoran Dimovski, Gordana Belic, Rados Antonijevic and Milorad Mladenovic
