from becoming by Katharina Jung
How can we empower people struggling with mental health issues?
from untitled by val.ende
How can we break taboos around depression and suicide and start conversations about these issues?
taken from About Schizophrenia by Johanna Legnar
How can we reduce shame and prejudice around these topics?
These questions have inspired this project.
new perspectives
not-alright is a platform for artistic exploration and storytelling around mental health and depression. With this project we would like to provide new perspectives and approaches, and thus educate in a respectful and humble way while asking questions, finding answers, and inspiring conversations. The aim is to encourage others to find their own forms of expression through artworks and essays by affected people. The goal is to raise awarness in a low-threshold way and to overcome the speechlessness of those affected, their families and friends, as well as to create a sense of self-efficacy. We believe that it is often the most helpful to hear the voice of affected people and we are convinced that we need to talk a lot more about mental health.
behind
Valerie Janssen
Funding and legal
Miriam Arnold
Funding and Artists
Hannah Knust
Texts and social media
Ramin Aryaie
Design and curation
