In my right mind #2
Mental health and creativity
From Friday, October 17, 2025 to Saturday, October 18, 2025
Dare to take a step aside, and talk about mental health in a different way. To coincide with the new exhibition “Don Quichotte. Histoire de fou, histoire d’en rire” exhibition, and following the success of the previous event organized in September 2024 and dedicated to young people’s mental health, the Mucem is organizing a second edition of “Bien dans ma tête”, this time exploring the link between mental health and artistic creation.
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe demonstrated the contribution of culture and creativity in supporting recovery from certain disorders and illnesses. So, what can art and creativity do to help people recover and make progress in freeing the debate on mental health? Institutions, healthcare professionals, artists and the people concerned are invited to reflect, together and with the general public, on how these practices can help support people with mental health problems.
On the occasion of these two days of exploration and exchange, the Mucem educational microstructure will be presented as an experiment in support for young people in situations of anxious school refusal; indeed, the mental health of young people remains central to the debates.
Évènements passés (7)
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Ateliers de l'Usine de Films Amateurs by Michel Gondry
In my right mind #2
Like Jack Black and Mos Def in the film Soyez sympas, rembobinez, the Usine de Films Amateurs is an original protocol devised by director Michel Gondry, inviting participants to create a film from A to Z, collectively and in record time (3 hours).
No training is required, the aim is to take part in a participative and inclusive experience, and to have fun making your own film using the equipment provided. After an initial visit to the locations to be used as backdrops, the group gets down to the nitty-gritty, from writing the script and choosing the actors to shooting the film and producing the special effects they’ve “cobbled together” on the spot. Finally, it’s time for the screening of the collective short...From Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
to Saturday, Oct 18, 2025J4 / Forum
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Is art good for your health?
In my right mind #2
Introduction by Pierre-Olivier Costa, President of Mucem, and François Crémieux, General Manager of Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille. This one-day event explores the links between mental health and creativity. In particular, it explores the ability of art to liberate emotions and promote well-being, especially for people in care and those suffering from neuro-atypical disorders. What role do these practices play in the care process? Art therapy, museotherapy and other artistic and...On Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
de 14h30 à 15h
J4 / Auditorium
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Me too
In my right mind #2
In a movement comparable to that of #MeToo, certain artists and personalities are breaking the silence around mental health – whether their own or that of others – and paving the way for a destigmatization of this sensitive subject. Because to understand it, you often have to see or hear it, the word finally seems to be getting out, like that of Nicolas Demorand who, with his book Intérieur nuit, transforms a personal subject into a social issue. Before him, other personalities such...On Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
de 15h à 16h30
J4 / Auditorium
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A crossroads between art and healthcare
In my right mind #2
Abraham Poincheval and Gurshad Shaheman, both artists and performers, explore in their artistic practices the links between creativity and madness, and take up issues of mental health. The exchange is based on the exhibition “Don Quichotte. Histoire de fou, histoire d’en rire” exhibition at the Mucem, and Abraham Poincheval’s performance “Chevalier errant”. Moderator: Olivia Gesbert, journalist, radio host and editor-in-chief of the Nouvelle Revue française...On Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
de 17h à 18h
J4 / Auditorium
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We also
In my right mind #2
Art and artistic and cultural practices facilitate inclusion and well-being, and help to change the way people look at things. So what role should they play in healthcare institutions? How can we make art and culture venues more welcoming, accessible and inclusive? This is what the Mucem has been experimenting with since October 2024 within its microstructure, a class that welcomes young people in situations of anxious school refusal. This session, an echo of “Me too”, tackles the...On Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
de 18h30 à 19h30
J4 / Auditorium
Delicate, by Florence Mendez
In my right mind #2
“You can never tell stupid people they’re stupid enough,” Florence Mendez would tell you! In a piquant, jubilant stand-up comedy, the strong-minded yet ultra-sensitive comedian looks back on her journey, which has been fraught with pitfalls. With her characteristic acid repartee and quick wit, she tells you her story, that of a young woman who could not be stopped by the rejection of difference and mental illness. Surprising, touching and maladjusted, Florence Mendez takes...On Saturday, Oct 18, 2025
de 20h30 à 21h45
J4 / Auditorium
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The association forum
Feeling Good in My Head #3
Two days of free-to-attend meetings and discussions with organizations.
A community forum will be held in the Mucem forum (free admission, subject to availability). It will provide an opportunity to meet with healthcare providers and engage with organizations working to promote an intercultural approach to mental health. On-site bar and light meals, Mucem Bookstore booth.On Friday, Oct 2, 2026 and on Saturday, Oct 3, 2026
J4 / Forum
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