I'm pretty sure I am neurodivergent and that's what this show is about but also It's not for sure yet because I've been on this psychiatrist waitlist.

Group show: Holly Goodridge, China Paul, Zeth Cameron, Joy Zhou, Grace Martyn, Elloise Arabol Alexander, Jo Ayton, Uswa Quershi, Ash Hem.

Neurodiversity is often presented as an experience that is had in isolation. We began this collaboration as a way to showcase a synergetic art-making process that gives the audience an embodied multi-sensorial experience from our neurodivergent perspective.

The current mode of inquiry we are researching is in the expression of ideas associating the self with systems connected to lived experience. Using practice to escape the constrictions of neurotypicality, the works created represented metaphorical portals through the process of using an ‘automated-self’ to create a preferred space apart from reality. Using fluorescent colours, abstracted forms, and 3d sculpture, we draw a connection to a void of otherness, escaping the drab of systemic existence. These experiences left us yearning for a space of omnipresent queerness which we have created here at Schoolhouse Studios.

Photos by Joy Zhou