Open invitation to workshops in May & June 2023 What are the wellbeing benefits of ‘body mapping’ using immersive technology (Virtual Reality)?

‘Body mapping’ is an arts and health research method designed to help people communicate embodied experiences of pain and emotion, using drawing. Brighton based organisation Hatsumi (hatsumi.co.uk) have partnered with artist group Monobanda to develop Soulpaint, a virtual reality adaptation of body mapping that enables people to virtually paint and annotate on a 3d body. The aim of this is to help people express the richness of the embodied human experience.

Hatsumi is now interested in further developing its network of academics, artists and activists from across a range of subjects and contexts and has been awarded funding from the University’s Centre for Arts and Wellbeing (CAW)  to run two exploratory workshops. These will looks at ways to create a network of connected researchers and practitioners who may wish to apply bodymapping across their practice.

All welcome!  Please feel free to book on just one, or both, of these workshops via this Eventbrite link.

Developed in collaboration with the Drawing, Health and Wellbeing strand in the CAW, this pair of workshops will explore:

Workshop 1: 4th May 2023, 10am-4pm in room 202, Grand Parade, University of Brighton

  • What is bodymapping and how it is used
  • Hands on analogue body map creation
  • What are the cross-industry applications of bodymapping in healthcare research, social prescribing and public arts
  • How can virtual reality environments push the genre and potentially enhance the body mapping experience

Workshop 2:  1st June 2023, 10am-4pm in room M2, Grand Parade, University of Brighton

  • Connect with a wider network of researchers, artists and practitioners interested in immersive technology and bodymapping
  • Explore transdisciplinary collaborations and future research opportunities that can lead to real-world impact
  • Support knowledge exchange between existing stakeholders and new researchers joining the community
  • Explore what a community of practice could look like

 

For additional information please contact

Dr Philippa Lyon p.lyon@brighton.ac.uk

Senior Lecturer, MA Craft/MA Textiles

Lead, Drawing Health & Wellbeing strand, Centre for Arts & Wellbeing