Rest & its discontents

30 Sep-30 Oct 2016

Overview

Rest matters to everyone. Its presence, absence and quality affects mind, body, culture and society. Rest & its discontents is a major new exhibition exploring the dynamics of rest, stress, sound, noise, work and mind-wandering, in an evolving immersive laboratory of artists’ moving image, performance, drawing, poetry, data, sound, music and debate. Rest & its discontents draws on Hubbub, a two-year residency undertaken by fifty international artists, writers, social scientists, broadcasters, humanities researchers, scientists and mental health experts in The Hub at Wellcome Collection in London, and led by Durham University.