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2017 Program Archive

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I don’t want to be there when it happens 

Power & Institutions 18 Aug 2017 — 8 Oct 2017
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Please Explain

Power & Institutions 19 Sep 2017
6:00 pm — 8:00 pm
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Art and Nature: Antidotes to Anxiety

Mood Experiments 20 Sep 2017 — 14 Oct 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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Beta Shockers

Lived Experiences 20 Sep 2017 — 7 Oct 2017
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Catch The Tiger

Mood Experiments 20 Sep 2017 — 21 Oct 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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Deep VR

Mood Experiments 20 Sep 2017 — 28 Sep 2017
6:00 pm — 9:00 pm
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e-Motion

Mood Experiments 20 Sep 2017
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Group Therapy

Power & Institutions 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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Mental Health Pods

Mood Experiments 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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Mobile Mood Lab

Mood Experiments 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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Nerve Centre Festival Hub

Lived Experiences / Mood Experiments / Power & Institutions 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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Official Festival Poet

Lived Experiences / Power & Institutions 20 Sep 2017 — 4 Oct 2017
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Parragirls Past, Present

Power & Institutions 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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Project Art Works (UK)

Neurodiverse-City 20 Sep 2017 — 7 Oct 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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Snoösphere

Mood Experiments / Neurodiverse-City 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
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The Big Anxiety Launch Party

Awkward Conversations / Lived Experiences / Mood Experiments / Neurodiverse-City / Power & Institutions 20 Sep 2017
6:00 pm — 9:00 pm
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The Harmonic Oscillator

Lived Experiences / Power & Institutions 20 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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An Olfactory Map of Sydney

Neurodiverse-City 21 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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E-Visitor Book

  • The Parragirls immersive experience at the Big Anxiety EPICentre was a moving and thought-provoking presentation of the terrible abuse perpetrated against children at the Parramatta Girls Home. Vulnerable children who were the victims of abuse were further abused when they complained or disclosed their treatment. I hope that the telling of... Tanya Plibersek MP
  • Really interesting looking festival... will you be pulling this off again in 2018? If so, please post potential dates for us folks as far away as San Francisco. Also, I'd like to instigate a "free to fail" play zone, spanning the huge spectrum of play. Looking forward to hearing... Nicole
  • Wonderful, challenging, inspiring, soothing, confronting, all at the same time. A very important subject and a great forum in the arts to start important discussions.Providing a creative forum for issues that affect everyone.Thank you! Nicole Balestro
  • Wonderful exhibitions thank you - especially the sensory exhibit Matthew Arnold-Hall
  • The snoosphere is AMAZING!!! Natasha
  • We visited Sydney this last weekend (27-29 October) from Brisbane, specifically to experience various events at the Big Anxiety festival. Wow we had such a eye opening, stimulating experience. The play Grace under Pressure (Seymour Centre) was brilliant and a very real insight into the health sector (although many of... debbie broadbent & peter ferreira
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  • as teaching art and the creative loses it value in public secondary schools and very few well being programs are thoroughly implemented it is good to see events like this take place. thanks Mary
  • Thank you for sharing your stories. I am sorry you had those horrible experiences. Rachel

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