ERiCi is cooperating with the Danish Center for Arts and Mental Health. It develops artistic formats for recovering from mental illnesses. The aim is to stimulate existential resilience through artistic participation, social engagement, play and joy in an ethical sustainable way. The Centre’s workshops are conducted by professional visual artists, authors, filmmakers and actors. The work is conducted in partnerships with national and regional health and art institutions to build bridges across sectors and epistemologies. The Centre also runs a research program that investigates the effects of art on mental health.
Birgit Ærenlund Bundesen, explains the importance of partnering with ERiCi, stating that ‘The international mental health crisis is not a solvable problem unless we move beyond the biomedical regime and address existential resilience – here art holds promise of offering a the third place between you and me, and between clinician and patient, where existential factors can unfold, be shared and maybe even renegotiated.’
For more information, please see https://ckms.dk/teamet/ and https://research.regionh.dk/da/persons/birgit-bundesen/publications/
