Go Mental
Josh Muir
How do you take time out from your own mind?
Go Mental transports you into a surrealist dreamscape examining Josh's personal experiences of night terrors, his history and his future. A combination of colour, movement, sound and textures connects you with Josh’s experiences of psychedelic dreams, nightmares, different states of consciousness and the complexities of inner thoughts. These works come from a personal place but are an invitation to better understand the shared human experience of trauma, healing and creativity.
Pop your head inside the large inflatable characters Telly, Birdie and Teddy to hear soundscapes representing the highs and lows of Josh's mind created by University of Melbourne students.
What is the relationship between creativity and mental health? Music and the mind?
Josh Muir is a visual artist with Gunditjamara/ Yorta Yorta heritage from Ballarat, Victoria. Josh’s art reflects a style influenced by contemporary street art, with his own art practice developed as a creative outlet for his own mental health journey. Josh took to contemporary street art as a kid, inspired by vibrant colour contrasts. His work Heaven’s Gates won the People’s Choice Award at the 2014 Victorian Indigenous Arts Awards, and in 2015 he won the Youth Award in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Awards for his work Buninyong.
Music commissions by Faculty of Fine Arts and Music students: Sue-Anne Hsuyin Tan, Mike Callander and Michael Gotze, with support from IgniteLab.