Dreams and Creativity: Psychoanalytic Perspectives - 4 - 5 March 2016 - Freud Museum London

4 March 2016 - 5 March 2016

Je suis le reve/I am the dream

Dreams and Creativity: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

What is the place of the image in contemporary creative work ? 

How do artists make use of the images that arise in their dreams, daydreams and fantasies? 

We wish to propose and discuss the ways in which the creation of ‘original’ images is a matter of the encounter between the present and the past, an encounter between the images that present themselves in the daily life of the artist at work and the dream imagery of the unconscious. According to Walter Benjamin’s formula, pre-figured in Freud’s ‘Creative writers and daydreaming’, the artist is the one who acts on the images of his or her thoughts, that is to say that the artist finds the way towards a psychic and material remodelling by turning dream or fantasy images into images that are presentable and shareable.

We will also be interrogating what we call Excited Images (Images excitées) in contemporary society, images that captivate us because they carry a measure of excess which at times prevents the unfolding of dreams and fantasies. Their very overexposure and banalisation hides a meaning which may have become taboo and unthinkable.

PROGRAMME

Friday evening (Freud Museum):

18.00-19.30
Welcome and Introduction to the Conference

I am the dream: from the video images of Bill Viola
Silvia Lippi, Simone Korff Sausse, Celine Masson and Silke Schauder

Du Monde/Of the World
Sharon Kivland

19.30-21.00
Wine Reception


Saturday (Anna Freud Centre)

Session 1

Exploring the space of the dream through the work of David Altmejd
Suzanne Ferrieres Pestureau, Yulia Popova and Angelique Gozlan)

We Dream: Creativity and the Collective
Julia Borossa and Caroline Rooney)

The Sound Image in Dreams
Fabienne Ankaoua and Laetitia Petit

Session 2

Dreaming Hallucinations : Hallucination as the letter in the body of the text
Anouck Cape, Angélique Christaki and Monique Zerbib

Delusion and Dreams in Georgios Vizneyos’ 'The Only Journey of His Life’
Yannis Grammatopoulous

Session 3

Dream, Myth and Erotic Imagery: the desire of the Octopus
Catherine Desprats Pequignot and Xavier Gassmann

Nkisi Nkondi: an image of transference and projective identification in the analytic process
David Henderson

Session 4

Perversions of the Dream: Excited, Exciting and Captivating Images
Vincent Estellon and Dimitri Weyl

Dreaming Time
Jivan Astfalck

Closing Remarks and Discussion

More info here.
 

Facing Shadows - What it is like to suffer from depression as a teenager (animated film)

“If I was trying to explain to someone who has never experienced it, ever, it’s like trying to explain a colour that they can’t see.”

A group of young people involved in research at the Anna Freud Centre have come together to make a short animated film about depression.

Out of the workshop, 'Facing Shadows' was created: a short, animated film, about their experiences of depression and going to therapy.

Facing Shadows was created by a group of young people involved in a major research study investigating depression in adolescence working alongside a team of professional filmmakers.

Louisa, one of the young people involved, said: “I want to get awareness of depression out there, because of what I went through. I know so many people going through the same thing and they don’t get help or recognise it, or they think their parents and teachers won’t understand.”

Stella, another of the young filmmakers, said: “The one thing with depression is that you feel alone. I hope that the film sends out a message to people who are suffering from depression and are really low that they are not alone.”

The film aims to raise awareness of mental health issues and to encourage young people to speak out about their problems.

See also 'Facing Shadows: Behind the Scenes', and our companion film, 'Journey through the Shadows', about the experience of being the parent of a child with depression.

See also

7 TED talks on the struggle of mental health

The Anna Freud Centre - 'Schools in Mind' event on 28th July 2015 - London

Schools Out! The Anna Freud Centre is delighted to invite you to our open house event focused on the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people in schools, including workshops, presentations and entertainment. It will be an informative and interactive day where you will get a chance to find out how different parts of the Anna Freud Centre are currently supporting schools.

During the day there will be opportunities to:

• Join in with Summer fun including face painting, food and AFC hospitality
• Hear about the Centre’s innovative practice in schools
• Take away free practical resources
• Network with AFC staff and join in with Summer fun including face painting, food and music

This is a family friendly event, children are welcome as long as accompanied by an adult. Please book a place for each person attending, including children. Places are free, but there are a limited number of places so you’re encouraged to book as soon as possible. You can book places here

Enjoy our open house experience with seven workshops throughout the day:

1. Finding Help - how to use the Youth Wellbeing Directory to help support your students find mental health support
2. Impact - Find out how Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) can help your school evidence impact
3. Stress Management - How to use the online portal What's Up and PSHE materials to help your students manage stress
4. Research - What do schools across the country need to know about the latest research to support mental health?
5. Supporting Families - Find out more about how multi-family groups in schools can help
6. Resilience - Experience SmartGym, an exciting new technology enabled approach that builds resilience, develops emotional skills and improved performance and academic outcomes
7. The Family School - hear more about the AFC's sponsored school for pupils that are seriously at risk of exclusion and struggling to achieve, and their families

Location: The Anna Freud Centre, 4 - 8 Rodney Street, N1 9JH
Date: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Time: 11:00 – 15:00

Please call 020 7443 2230 or email Natalie.merrett@annafreud.org if you experience any issues with booking.