Project aims

1. Raise awareness of mental ill health through creativity and non-verbal communication, with a view to help initiate dialogue with
people affected by mental health conditions and bring them closer to the general public

 2. Amplify the voice of people with a lived experience of mental ill health through art, giving visibility to their works and making them accessible to a wider, transnational and European audience

 3. Create greater collaboration with the member associations of GAMIAN-Europe through the direct involvement of the patients they represent

Eszter Lang defines herself as: “a representative of lyric abstraction and informal painting and graphics, also photography, installation and performance”.

Major recognitions: Debrecen Culture Foundation Fellowship 2016; Zemplén Summer Exhibition III. fee, Sárospatak, 2016; Award of excellence at the International Artists’ Colony of Hajdúböszörmény, 2016, 2018; Artist Career Recognition at Minister of Culture, 2018; Award of the X. Contemporary Christian Iconography Biennial, Kecskemét, 2020.

Kati Outinen is an actress, artist, professor of acting in Theatre Academy Helsinki and artistic director of Kajaani Poem festival, a board member of Taiteen Sulattamo ry.

Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through varied roles in theater and television, she is recognized from director Aki Kaurismäki’s films internationally.