WEI
Echoes of the Mind: Art, Identity & Mental Health Narratives
Residency and exhibition at a psychiatric hospital.
Participants:
Alfredo Mineiro, António Aleixo, Alexandra Quatorze, António Xaínho, Dizamira Cruz, Eduardo Carvalho, Eduardo Perdigão, Francisco Gueifão, Fernando Guilherme Azevedo, Gabriel Almeida, Gonçalo Coelho, Hugo Portugal, Jacques Razzanti, João Felgueiras, João Pinto, Jorge Vitorino, Jorge Neves, José Carlos Pereira, José Ricardo Guiomar, José João Mateus, José Oliveira, Júlio Timóteo, Luís Raposo, Luís Santos, Luís Sousa, Mário Nunes Cordeiro, Mário Jorge Cunha, Nelson Monteiro Dente, Passos de Almeida, Paulo Guint, Paulo Sesmarias, Pedro Coelho, Pedro Hipólito, Pedro Nunes, Pedro Pico, Ricardo Oliveira, Ruben Oliveira, Rui Silva, Sebastian Oliveira, Vanessa da Mata, Vitor Teixeira, Tiago Silva, Tiago Maia
Facilitator:
Raquel Pedro
Residency Artists:
Yehong Wei
Yanshan Ou
Simon
Sarah
Collaborators:
Slash Arts Gallery
Museu São João de Deus - Psiquiatria e História
Casa de Saúde do Telhal | Instituto São João de Deus
Photography and Videography:
Yehong Wei
Interpreter and Assistant:
Colin
Residency Date:
July, 2024
Residency Location:
Sintra, Portugal
Exhibition Date:
November 2024 - April 2025
Exhibition Location:
Museu São João de Deus - Psiquiatria e História
It culminated in a series of public exhibitions, aimed to encourage patients to explore and articulate their identities, showcasing a wide range of works including monoprint self-portraits, photographs, videos, poetry, and other daily creative pieces.
The exhibition IDENTITY & COMMUNITY – IMPRESSION EXPRESSION functioned as a platform to disrupt and reconfigure normative conceptions of mental illness. It encouraged viewers to see the works not simply as representations of suffering, but as expressions of agency, identity and the fundamental human need for communication and connection.