Confessions

TABLEAU & POST SERVICE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT “CONFESSIONS”. AN EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART, DESIGN, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH.
CONFESSIONS IS THE EXHIBITION AND OUTCOME OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN TABLEAU AND POST SERVICE INVITING 14 MALE ARTISTS/GROUPS TO DIG INTO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND USE IT AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR AN OBJECT TO BE SHOWN AT ALCOVA DURING SALONE DEL MOBILE IN MILAN AND 3DAYSOFDESIGN IN COPENHAGEN. EACH ARTIST’S PROCESS IS INTERPRETED AS A SOUND PIECE BY SOUND DESIGNER CEDRIC ELISABETH. THE EXHIBITION IS A CONTAINER FOR EACH ARIST’S CONFESSIONS A MATERIALISATION OF MEN’S MENTAL, HENCE THE TITLE. THE EXHIBITION INTENDS TO ADDRESS THE SILENT CRISIS IN MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH. SPECIFICALLY, THE TENSION IN SOCIETY AROUND THE NEED TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF LGBTQA+ AND WOMEN’S OVERALL POSITION AND WELL-BEING IN CONTRAST TO THE TRADITIONAL HIERARCHIAL PLACEMENT OF MEN.