Journalism of Courage
Science Gallery Bengaluru's recently-concluded exhibition -- PSYCHE -- explored the human mind and the complexities of emotions; Black Men’s Minds’ is an audio-visual installation that rests upon the voices of black men who are often missing in conversations on mental health, trauma, and stigma; still from the audio-visual installation Black Men’s Minds, ca. 2019–2022; Artists: D-Fuse, Richard Edwards and Stephen Rudder
The 45-day exhibition ongoing was developed in collaboration with National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), The Wellbeing Project and Museum Dr Guislain, Ghent; Black Men's Minds.
Curated by the Science Gallery Bengaluru team, PSYCHE brought together philosophers, neuroscientists, artists, psychologists, filmmakers, sociologists, writers and performers; McGill Pain Questionnaire visually investigates the objective method for appraising pain (endometriosis and adenomyosis), in relation to a subjective experience against the backdrop of a classic clinical pain assessment tool; Installation view of McGill Pain Questionnaire at Art of Pain, 2015. Photograph provided by Eugenie Lee | Artist : Eugenie Lee
Shaped with the advice of a multidisciplinary panel of scholars - Richard Wingate, Sanjeev Jain, Ulrike Kluge and Vikram Patel, and curatorial advisors - Jill Bennett, Marius Kwint, Natasha Ginwala and Ruth Garde, the exhibition featured 10 exhibits, six films and 40+ live programmes including workshops, masterclasses and public lectures; Playing with reality
“In PSYCHE, we explore the human mind in a most unusual journey where we try to understand the mind with the help of our mind! We pay close attention to both, the maladies as well as the health of our sentient selves. As always, we unpack objects of research inquiry across research disciplines at Science Gallery Bengaluru, to further our mandate of bridging the gap between research and the public," said Jahnavi Phalkey, founding director, Science Gallery Bengaluru; Interactive experience ‘Playing with Reality’, is based on the winner of the Best VR Immersive Work in 2021 at the Venice International Film Festival which unravels what the phenomenon of psychosis can teach about the limits of reality; stills from the exhibit Playing with Reality, ca. 2022 | Artists: Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla
‘Schizophrenia and the Brain’ explores ongoing clinical research that can help understand and identify schizophrenia to overcome stigma, inculcate empathy, and reimagine mental healthcare; fMRI of a brain at rest, ca. 2022. Photograph provided by Makarand Pantoji; part of the exhibit Schizophrenia and the Brain | Artists: Makarand Pantoji and Urvakhsh Mehta
‘The Serpent of A Thousand Coils’ gives participants of the game an empathetic insight into the minds of people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; still from the interactive ‘game’ The Serpent of A Thousand Coils, ca. 2022 | Artist: Anuj Malhotra
A 3D avatar head modelled after the artist as part of the exhibit Synthetic Self, ca 2003 | Artist : Stelarc
The Asylum prompts reflections on institutionalisation, treatment, and care of people diagnosed with mental illnesses; From the exhibit The Asylum | Photograph provided by the NIMHANS Museum
