2022
Teens & Kin is an exhibition presented by the Mind Science Centre at the Mind Art Experiential Lab (MAELab) which puts the spotlight on youth mental health in Singapore. With a particular focus on the relationships between youth and family, the exhibition brings together thoughtful infographics, artwork commissions, and activity areas that share insights into challenges to adolescents’ mental health, and avenues for tackling these challenges. By offering a nuanced take on the mental health challenges affecting youth today, the exhibition hopes to combat stigmatisation with knowledge and earnestness.
We was approached to design the exhibition and create an exhibition identity to represent the research presented along three key areas: The Shape of Youth, A Unwavering Optimism and A Family Affair. Approachability was a key guiding point for our branding process, as we felt it was quintessential to present data in a unique fashion that had personality; imploring visitors to delve deeper. This led us to explore an abstract illustrative method and develop a friendly, colourful identity that would work well across all the curated content walls of survey studies, infographics, artwork commissions and activity areas, sharing insights into adolescents’ mental health problems, and avenues for tackling these challenges.
Curated by John Tung.
Responding to the theme of the exhibition, new artwork commissions by Singaporean artist Mary Bernadette Lee and Singaporean Youths from the West, led by Boon Lay Garden Primary School was also unveiled at the exhibition. Over the course of multiple workshop sessions conducted by Lee, the artworks produced by these youth offer meaningful insight into their psyche. Meanwhile Lee’s own parallel work, developed in conjunction with her own parents in a process mirroring the workshops, offers an artistic and heartfelt take on the role family has played in her life.
