Look Beyond – a photovoice research exhibition, will visit Farmleigh Cowshed Theatre from 19- 29 July 2018 where it will be open daily from 10am– 5pm.

Look Beyond is the work of 16 people with lived experience of mental health difficulties. The exhibition is currently on a national tour.

Look Beyond gives people who experience mental health difficulties a space to speak for themselves and by doing so, helps others to gain insight into what living with mental health difficulties feels like, and how relief, recovery and resilience can be found and nurtured.

The exhibition is an output of a photovoice research project commissioned by See Change, the national mental health stigma reduction partnership. The research was conducted by Dr. Maria Quinlan and Dr. Etáin Quigley from University College Dublin and Maynooth University.

See Change’s aim for ‘Look Beyond’ is to challenge people’s perceptions of mental health difficulties and to encourage positive conversation.

Entry to the exhibition is free of charge.

Look Beyond will visit South Tipperary Arts Centre as part of its nationwide tour from 13th- 26th August 2018. The photography exhibition is the work of 16 people with lived experience of mental health difficulties. The aim is to challenge people’s perceptions of mental health and to encourage positive conversation.

In Look Beyond, people with mental health difficulties were invited to speak for themselves, giving us deep insight into the often unseen reality of what it means to live with a mental health difficulty and revealing many different paths to recovery.

The exhibition is an output of a photovoice research project commissioned by See Change and conducted by Dr. Maria Quinlan and Dr. Etáin Quig
ley from University College Dublin and Maynooth University.

Photovoice is a research and advocacy methodology which uses photography as a way of giving voice to people who often feel unheard and unseen in society. It has been used internationally to both explore and raise awareness of the stigma associated with experiencing mental health problems.