Artist Researcher Ana Čvorović and PhD Researcher Julianna Pusztai are showcasing their collaboration at the International Conference on Art and Health in Lisbon, Portugal, scheduled for 10th November 2023.
Their presentation, titled ‘Translucent walls in psychoanalytic free clinics,’ represents an extended collaboration between an artist and a psychotherapist. Their shared focus revolves around psychoanalytic spaces tailored for marginalized communities, marking a significant exploration into the intersection of art and mental health within these specific contexts.
The International Conference on Art and Health encourages us to think about questions such as: Can art be an ally of the medical sciences? How can museums and other cultural actors contribute to health and well-being? How can creativity contribute to innovation in health?
Using a transdisciplinary approach, this international conference aims to share and reflect analytically and critically on the practices that are at the intersection between art and medicine. Through dialogue between professionals and researchers from different countries and disciplinary fields – from medicine, nursing, and neuroscience to imaging in medicine and microbiology, as well as art, design, and architecture – the aim is to open a debate on the present, but also to look towards the future, seeking to understand how art and science, two areas of knowledge often considered as distinct, can be combined and contribute to change and to a better quality of life.
The conference aims to promote:
— To promote collaboration and transdisciplinary thinking;
— To cross and co-create programmes;
— Art and creative thinking as tools for clinical approach and diagnostics;
— Art as background and development of creative thinking for image analysis and interpretation in medicine;
— Promote the health and wellbeing of the patient and health professionals;
— Reflect on and create integrated public policies and programmes that contribute to health and quality of life through the arts;
— To create networks and future partnerships;
— To create alliances between sectors.
You can join the event on 10th November 2023 at EDP, Av. 24 Julho, Lisbon, Portugal Onsite or join the online live streaming.
The conference will have simultaneous English-Portuguese translation.
Website: https://www.maat.pt/en/event/international-conference-art-and-health
