Depa Kollektiivi: MielenTila

Mental health challenges are diverse and can affect anyone. Depa Kollektiivi's MielenTila exhibition asks: how can we make the invisible visible through art?

The exhibition's central themes are mental health crisis, mental health and substance abuse issues, stigma, socially sustainable development, and equality and inclusion. The series of works gives voice to organizational experts, mental health and addiction professionals, and people for whom these themes are familiar from their own lives. The goal is to spark reflection, questions, and dialogue - and to break down the stigma and culture of silence surrounding these issues.

"By neglecting to secure the foundations of our society, we cultivate a debt of human suffering. The sum of indifference cannot be measured in euros alone, for we continuously lose spiritual currency. Not to mention that the value of human life is irreplaceable."