The artists are invited to select or create artworks that explore issues important to them. Specifically feelings for which they do not easily find words. Art is utilized to fill a void, the void of appropriate words to communicate feelings that seem to be beyond communication. Here art can unfold its potential by taking us onto journeys and make us feel things that we relate to or that we don’t know yet.

An element that connects “the individual” and “the structure” is a simple interview format in which artists talk about their work, their motivation and issues which are important to them. This way we get to know their thoughts behind the work as well as getting introduced to concepts which are explored in more detail within the systemic section.

Written by journalists, psychologists, sociologists and activists, who explain and describe larger social phenomenons and problems. They give the individual experience a frame. This is important in understanding mental health, because in many cases, we individualize personal pain into being ones own responsibility, disregarding that an oppressing society, structural violence, war, migration, consumerism, abuse, generational trauma etc. create the fertile ground for our crises of depression and suicide. And without tackling the systemic roots, no amount of individual work on ones traumas will solve the larger issue.

All art will be accepted in an editorial dialogue with the artists. However we retain the right to refuse publishing works that discriminate and dehumanise people. If that happens to be the content of an art piece it needs to be decided on a case to case basis. At the end of the day the artists are responsible for the content they submit to the platform.

Our goal is to create a safe space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement. We do realise that this has limitations.