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What’s the riskiest thing you have ever done? What do you dream of doing but dare not? Do you dare share something that you’ve never told anyone else before? Go on - what’s the worst that can happen?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is popularly associated with inattention and being easily distracted. Yet its other features such as hyperactivity, mind wandering, impulsivity and risk-taking are less discussed beyond specialist contexts. Brisk/Risks is a fun, accessible and engaging evening exploring risk-taking within and beyond the framework of ADHD.
The evening takes the format of an open mic. We invite attendees to stand in front of a colorful tapestry in the exhibition and respond to any of the strands listed above by sharing a lived experience, improvise a joke or tell a story. The tapestry is itself a fantastical landscape conjured by the hyperactive, ADHD mind of an artist. Speakers can draw on elements of the tapestry, shout, scream, sing, rap, whistle. Do it in pairs, alone, with strangers and fellow attendees. Jump, jog on the spot, face away from the camera. Be creative. Push the boat out. Be brisk - each speaker is given four and a half minutes.
Guest speakers: Professor Philip Asherson (King's College London), artist Mike Barrett, Andrea Bilbow OBE (Executive Founder of ADDISS, ADHD Information Services), medical humanities scholar Dr. Sophie Jones (Birkbeck University), and artist Dr. Kai Syng Tan (King's College London).
The event is part of the exhibition programme for King's Artists – New Thinking, New Making at the Arcade in Bush House, open until 15 December. It is a participatory activity from #MagicCarpet, a multi-faceted art practice-led research project exploring mind-wandering and how it relates to creativity and ADHD. #MagicCarpet is led by artist Dr Kai Syng Tan with King's Professor of Psychiatry, Philip Asherson.
For more information about the King's Artists residency programme please visit the King's College London website.
BSL interpretation will be available and the space is wheelchair accessible.
Please note by participating in the event you agree to be filmed. The film will be used in platforms associated with #MagicCarpet and King's College London.
#MagicCarpet is a 2017 Unlimited commission. Unlimited is an arts commissioning programme that celebrates ambitious work by disabled artists. Unlimited is funded by Arts Council England, and delivered by Shape Arts and Artsadmin. The project is part of the King's Artists programme at King's College London. The artist residency is developed in collaboration with the Department of Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre. #MagicCarpet is realised with the support of Submit To Love Studios (Headway East London), UK Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN), Flanders Tapestries.
Photograph by Studio Maba for #MagicCarpet