Τhe fourth workshop of the experiential artistic program Colors & Minds that aims in raising awareness in the psychosocial sector for young people was realized on Thursday January 11.
Colors & Minds is co-organized by EMST Athens, ΣΚΕΠ - SKEP, Epapsy - Association for Regional Development and Mental Health and the voluntary artistic initiative Talks & Crafts by Marina Tsironi.
Each of the participating groups, consisting of EPAPSY beneficiaries as well as people from the general population –students of the 9th Painting Workshop of A.S.K.T. (professor Nikos Navridis), postgraduate students of the Art and Psychotherapy, along with SKEP's President (Athena Kritikou) and SKEP's Communication Director (Ileana Vasdeki)– created their own luggage. All luggage carry the emotions of a fictional hero, the personality traits of whom the respective team had built up in previous workshops.
The construction of the luggage and the inclusion of personal items in them allowed the members of the groups to express personal feelings "through the mouth" of the four heroes. Interpreting the symbols that their luggage carried, the participants spoke –indirectly and directly– about what they tried to convey as creators, concluding that: “by seeing art as a game we can connect with the artwork, our co-creators , but much more with our own self".
Scientific editing: EPAPSY Day Center "Franco Basaglia"
Photo: The Krank