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2017 Program Archive

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Clement Space

Neurodiverse-City 21 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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Eco-Anxiety: Holding a Deep Breath

Lived Experiences 21 Sep 2017 — 21 Oct 2017
10:00 am — 6:00 pm
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Labyrinth Psychotica

Lived Experiences 21 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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Rush Hour at Cloud Heaven

Neurodiverse-City 21 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
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We Are All Affected

Power & Institutions 21 Sep 2017 — 11 Nov 2017
10:00 am — 4:00 pm
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Diversity of Perception:

Neurodiverse-City 22 Sep 2017
2:00 pm — 5:00 pm
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Human Library

Awkward Conversations 22 Sep 2017 — 13 Oct 2017
5:00 pm — 7:00 pm
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Neural Knitworks

Mood Experiments 22 Sep 2017 — 21 Oct 2017
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AnxieaTEA

Lived Experiences 23 Sep 2017
1:00 pm — 3:00 pm
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Care Cafe

Awkward Conversations / Power & Institutions 23 Sep 2017
11:00 am — 1:00 pm
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dis/ordered

Lived Experiences 23 Sep 2017 — 27 Sep 2017
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The S-Word

Awkward Conversations / Lived Experiences 24 Sep 2017 — 27 Sep 2017
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The Invisible Edge

Lived Experiences 25 Sep 2017
5:30 pm — 7:30 pm
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Ignoramous Anonymous

Awkward Conversations 26 Sep 2017
6:00 pm — 8:00 pm
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Awkward Conversations at Customs House

Awkward Conversations 27 Sep 2017
11:00 am — 7:00 pm
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216 Westbound

Power & Institutions 28 Sep 2017
5:30 pm — 6:00 pm
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After Dark

Awkward Conversations / Lived Experiences / Mood Experiments / Neurodiverse-City / Power & Institutions 28 Sep 2017
5:30 pm — 9:00 pm
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Intensive Care: Artists in Healthcare Environments

Awkward Conversations / Power & Institutions 28 Sep 2017
7:00 pm — 8:00 pm
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  • 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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