Mon Mar 25 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
(GMT+00:00)
Central Saint Martins, 1 Granary Square, London, United Kingdom
Monday 25 March 2024 | Central Saint Martins | A002
This event is free and open to all current UAL postgraduates, alumni, and staff.
Everyone is cared for at some point in life, from birth onwards through growth, learning, health challenges, incapacity whether temporary or permanent, illness and end of life. Caring is a foundational part of human life and is not always seen or acknowledged. We may be scared or ashamed to seek care when we need it, we might resent giving it, we might just run out of capacity to care. These are collective questions and have significant implications for mental health. The creation of care can be light, simple, deep or complex. It can be fun, enriching, boring, or burdensome. It can be physical, emotional, social, spiritual and cultural.
Looking at the idea of care together we will explore how we might access and ask for care better in our own lives and through social means.
We are going to explore questions such as:
- who cares for me?
- who do I care for?
- what does “care” actually mean?
- what does care feel like? For the carer? For the cared-for?
- what does caring “look like”? What are the actions and words?
- how much does care cost?
- How do we know we are cared for?
- How do we know if we are giving care well or it is being received as intended?
- How do we care from afar?
- How do we care after shock or trauma?
- How do we care for everyone?
Exploring these questions both in the group and for personal enquiry, we will surface unmet needs or desires, make visible the work of care and identify ways in which it works, and ways in which it could be better - at the personal, institutional and societal levels.
Sarah Dixon is an artist and coach, studying MA Performance: Society and working in socially engaged practice in relation to pregnancy, childhood, and EDI.
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Tickets for Who Cares? can be booked here.
Ticket Information | Ticket Price |
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General Admission | Free |