Tracing the Unseen
This page serves as an easy-read, designed to support accessibility and understanding of the group exhibition ‘Tracing the Unseen’ in collaboration with The Poorly Project.
About The Exhibition
‘Tracing the Unseen’ is a group exhibition exploring the chronic health conditions and its different lived experiences.
An exhibition is an organised public display of items, ideas or artworks.
An exhibition can be held in a gallery, museum, community centre, or at your local health centre.
The exhibition features embroidery, photography, needle felting, sculpture, painting and assemblage.
It includes the work of seven artists:
Catriona Faulkner
Alice Rorrison
Coco Warner-Allen
Antonia Attwood
Billie M.Vigne
Wenqi Zou
Sara Ulfsparre
Themes relating to this exhibition include:
Community
Material use
Creativity as Care
Nature
Rest
Accessible creativity
Visibility to invisible illness
What is a chronic health condition?
A chronic health condition is defined as “a health problem that requires ongoing management over years or decades and is one that cannot currently be cured but can be controlled with the use of medication and/or other therapies”
Definition provided by NHS Data Model and Dictionary
Support & Guided Tour
If you need support during your visit to the exhibition, please speak to a member of our team.
Please note that our team does not include health or psychotherapeutic practitioners.
If you require or would appreciate a private tour of the exhibition, please contact info@creativehealthcamden.com. Our team will be able to organise a tour that meets your accessiblity needs.
Accessing The Exhibition
‘Tracing the Unseen’ is exhibited within the Kentish Town Health Centre.
Information about travel, accessibility and finding the building can be found in Visit Us
The exhibition takes place on the second floor.
Visitors can either use the elevator or stairs at the South Wing entrance to access the exhibition.
You can find bright green signs within the main waiting area/entrance that indicate the direction of the South Wing.
Image: ‘Noah of the Zoa’ by George Harding
Navigating The Exhibition
Each month, our exhibition spaces have nearly 2,000 (two-thousand) individuals visiting. These visits can be to see our exhibitions or for their appointments.
To accomodate all visitors and protect the exhibition, we have key sensory guidelines.
Image: ‘Noah of the Zoa’ by George Harding
Attendees are not allowed to touch the work.
You cannot drink or eat near the exhibited works.
Lower your voice and do not play music out loud.
No flash photography is allowed.
Recommended quiet visiting hours are 16:00 - 18:00
