I am a curator and a designer of the scenography of the exhibition called "Keep your head up" / "Głowa to podstawa" for Gdynia Design Days festival.
Visual identification of the exhibition: Danil Daneliuk
Curatorial text below:
It's high time to take care of our mental health.
Mental health is still a taboo. People are ashamed to talk about it, and therefore – reach for help. Most of them seems that they never will be affected. Meanwhile, it turns out that a quarter of Poles suffer from various types of mental disorders. The most common is depression. WHO research shows that over 320 million people worldwide struggle with it. That's not all. It is predicted to become one of the dominant health problems in the next 20 years. Our overall well-being has deteriorated significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and studies show that after the pandemic ends, more people will need mental support than before. We lost control, a lot of uncertainty arose and our anxiety levels increased. We already see the issue among teenagers, who are 44% increase the level of depressive symptoms.
One cannot talk about health apart from mental health, which is the foundation of proper functioning in society. That is why the exhibition "The head is the basis" presents ways to take care of our balance on a daily basis. There are also projects that support the conduct of therapy and modern solutions that improve the receipt of mental support. It's high time to take care of our heads. After a pandemic experience, let's try to be more solidary, have more empathy and understanding for people with mental disorders, because many of us are currently experiencing them.
Visual identification of the exhibition: Danil Daneliuk
Curatorial text below:
It's high time to take care of our mental health.
Mental health is still a taboo. People are ashamed to talk about it, and therefore – reach for help. Most of them seems that they never will be affected. Meanwhile, it turns out that a quarter of Poles suffer from various types of mental disorders. The most common is depression. WHO research shows that over 320 million people worldwide struggle with it. That's not all. It is predicted to become one of the dominant health problems in the next 20 years. Our overall well-being has deteriorated significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and studies show that after the pandemic ends, more people will need mental support than before. We lost control, a lot of uncertainty arose and our anxiety levels increased. We already see the issue among teenagers, who are 44% increase the level of depressive symptoms.
One cannot talk about health apart from mental health, which is the foundation of proper functioning in society. That is why the exhibition "The head is the basis" presents ways to take care of our balance on a daily basis. There are also projects that support the conduct of therapy and modern solutions that improve the receipt of mental support. It's high time to take care of our heads. After a pandemic experience, let's try to be more solidary, have more empathy and understanding for people with mental disorders, because many of us are currently experiencing them.
Photos: Dominik Werner
