Mafalda Rakoš : All in this together

Verlagstext:

What are the psychological effects of a pandemic and how do we look back on these times of social isolation? Has it changed how we relate to others and the world around us?

Mafalda Rakoš (AT) questions the impossibility of captivating someone
else’s inner world through photography. But also how portraying others
relates to discourses around representation, especially in
anthropological research. What bigger picture is revealed by looking at
the state of our mental health in a capitalist society?

All in this together is both an artistic and anthropological investigation. Together with four protagonists – Sara, Elias, Flora, and Manuela – the artist questioned how social isolation affected their mental health and their non-substance addictions. During their quest, elements of art therapy, documentary photography, performance, and anthropological research all blended together.

Through sessions involving conversations, drawings, and portraits, Rakoš tried to render something invisible – a sense of loneliness, confusion, or even harmony and calm – visible on camera. As the meetings unfolded, their dialogical character took center stage, and another question emerged: How can such an artistic project overlap with a therapeutic process, and where should they be kept strictly apart?

With an essay by Alexander Cabeza Trigg, and conversations with James Davies and Anna Rakoš.

Buchinfo:

Mafalda Rakoš:
All in this together

Breda 2024, The Eriskay Connection
ISBN 978-94-93363-00-7, Ringbindung
132 gezählte Seiten, zahlreiche Abb., 17 cm x 23 cm
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