In a period of relative prosperity, instances of anxiety and depression are astonishingly high. For many people, digital technologies exacerbate this problem by altering our sense of identity and social relationships. At the same time, others suggest that technological innovation is crucial for finding new ways to improve the lives of those who experience social isolation, illness, and emotional distress.

What does it mean to live in a society where technology is proposed as the cause of, but also the cure for mental distress?

'Group Therapy: Mental Distress in a Digital Age' offers artworks, design objects, and digital research, exploring connections between mental health and the values, political conditions, and technologies that structure our lives. Visitors are invited to consider their own relationships with technology and question how constant digital stimulation and distraction can serve to numb or exacerbate day-to-day anxieties.

Curated by Vanessa Bartlett

Exhibition Design
Benjamin Koslowski