WCP 2017 - Final Programme

PSYCHIATRY AND ART

Music: The Bipolar Roadshow

With “The Bipolar Roadshow” the German Association for Bipolar Disorders (Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen e.V., DGBS) would like to draw attention to the

particular problems of people with bipolar disorders and their relatives. The illness

often has devastating social consequences: many people with a bipolar disorder can no

longer work; friendships, marriages and families break down. However, with the proper

care bipolar disorders are generally highly treatable.

The Bipolar Roadshow – an anti-stigma and informational project

Wed, 11 Oct 2017

17:30– 19:00

Hall A4

The Bipolar Roadshow presents information about bipo-

lar disorders in a way that is easy to understand and

entertaining. Bipolar disorders are often associated with

creativity. Many distinguished artists had or have a bi-

polar disorder: Robert Schumann, Hermann Hesse and

more recently Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and Bruce

Springsteen. The Bipolar Roadshow also wants to build a

bridge between art and the illness. It does so by showing

works by fine artists with a bipolar disorder as an accom-

paniment to a book reading and musical entertainment.

The Bipolar Roadshow also sees itself as an anti-stig-

ma project: three artists with a bipolar disorder appear

in public and talk or sing about their experiences with

the illness and thus show that there is no reason to be

ashamed.

Introduction and presentation of the concept:

Andreas Reif, Germany

Songs from the Inside:

Martin Kolbe, Germany

Reading “Papa's Fluttering Finch”:

Sebastian Schlösser, Germany

A Bit of Blue:

Emily Maguire with Christian Dunham, United Kingdom