Broken Grey Wires is a contemporary art organisation responding to and exploring mental health. We work closely with the community, critically acclaimed artists and major institutions, to open up a dialogue and provide inspiration and opportunities for people with mental health difficulties.
The project will showcase innovative exhibitions within leading contemporary art spaces, alongside workshops and community involvement.
Support has come from across the art scene, including Stuart Semple, who is currently an ambassador for the mental health charity Mind, Yinka Shonibare MBE, The Vacuum Cleaner, Daily Life Ltd, Everton in the Community, Jake and Dinos Chapman and David Shrigley.
Broken Grey Wires welcomes you to explore mental health in contemporary art and invites you to look around, create, and be inspired by our absorbing, alternative world.
Our recent partnership with the Manchester Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (NHS Foundation Trust) is an opportunity to open up a new direction for how we view psychotic symptoms, how we communicate these thoughts and feelings and how we can express ourselves creatively.
Renowned psychiatrist R.D Laing proclaimed that “Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.” We passionately believe that with the right guidance and techniques, we can enable service users to create a positive environment for themselves and to embrace, treat and understand their symptoms of psychosis.