Nwando’s first international showing of her Distorted Constellations installation is currently being hosted by the new Science Gallery Melbourne MENTAL exhibition. Visit for free here until mid June.
Recent press from the show:
Two years in the making, MENTAL was curated in defiance of the pandemic by a team of professional curators, an advisory group of young people and experts. The works on display are the fruits of an international open call on the expansive topic of the human mind. They invite engagement and interaction rather than chin-in-hand appraisal.
MENTAL: Head Inside – it’s like walking into a carnival filled with engaging technological gadgets, emotion-churning booths and pods of self reflection.
It’s an important and timely exhibition. As the discussion around mental health becomes more public, we as community members need to be clear on the line between distress and disorder. We need to know when a massage and a face mask is enough and when we, or our loved ones, need more support through a visit to a mental-health professional.