Gifts of Madness Touring Show

July 5 - August 18

Opening/Meet the artists
July 14, 5:30 - 7PM

Curator: Kagan Goh

“Gifts of Madness” is an art exhibition that will show the Yin Yang duality of both the negative and positive experience and all the grey areas in-between the complex spectrum of living with a mental illness. The exhibition will explore on one hand the negative aspects of the experience of mental health, predominantly focusing on the stigma, prejudice and discrimination against people with mental illness, and the trauma and damage suffered by people living with mental illness. As Lauryn Hill, the renowned bipolar musician, put it, our ambition is to “develop a negative into a positive picture.” ~ Kagan Goh, Vancouver, B.C

Kagan Goh: Originally from Singapore, Kagan Goh is a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary Mad Artist: award-wining filmmaker, published author, spoken word poet, playwright, actor, mental health advocate and activist. He was diagnosed with manic depression at the age of twenty-three, in 1993. Kagan is a well-known spoken word artist, essayist and poet, a respected and established voice in Vancouver’s literary community for over two decades. He has been invited to perform at readings, festivals and on radio, and has published in numerous anthologies, periodicals, and magazines.

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