Bethlem Gallery’s Bethlem Live Lounge podcast, a series of six episodes
presented by The Artist Taxi Driver, also known as Mark MacGowan, gets underway next week, exploring the intersection of art, music and mental health.
Episodes will be released weekly throughout the exhibition, which runs at Bethlem Gallery from next Wednesday, May 8, until July 13.
Guests explore the vast subjects of mental health, art and music often from the perspective of their own experiences.
Bethlem Live Lounge is a 90s-style studio experience offering few exhibits, instead giving visitors the chance to make their own art.
Coming to a podcast near you: The Artist Taxi Driver, Mark McGowan
The exhibition considers not only how experiences of mental health can be communicated through music, but also celebrates the benefits to our wellbeing that both making and listening to music can bring.
Mark McGowan was previously a patient in Bethlem Royal Hospital, the world’s oldest psychiatric institution. During his time there he engaged with the Gallery in its early days, and he has remained an important and valued contributor to its work ever since.
As a performance artist and protester, his work provokes discussion and debate which is reflected in this podcast and exhibition.
The first episode of the Bethlem Live Lounge Podcast goes live on Friday May 10 across all podcast platforms, with subsequent episodes released each week.
- Bethlem Live Lounge at Bethlem Gallery, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, is supported by the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health at Kings College London
- For more information visit www.BethlemGallery.com
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