I recently visited the Art Science Museum’s Mental: Colours of Wellbeing exhibition. I came out of it feeling really heard and understood — it’s quite weird. To be frank, my mental health has not been the best in the past few years. It’s something I struggle with and actively work on. So this exhibition felt like a big hug — I knew I wasn’t alone.
I have actually come across the poster for this exhibition a LOT of times before. Near the Shoppes at MBS walk, outside of the museum, online, and even in MRT stations. But I was never really interested in it because I thought… mental health is such a squishy topic — can be a bit bland sometimes (probably just me avoiding talking about it though). I thought, how can a museum turn squishy into something worth visiting and.. enjoying?