La vídeo carta como método de creación en el ámbito de la salud mental a partir del proyecto La rara troupe

Abstract

This article shows video-letter as a creative tool in the field of mental health based on the project La rara troupe which was settled in the educational department of MUSAC, Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León (Spain) in 2012 and nowadays is working as an independent group of video art. The article explains through artistic research based on six audiovisual pieces, how the video-letter aims the articulation of the group from the negotiation of the individual subjectivities that are involved in the project, provoking with this method not only intra communication but inter communication too, based on audiovisual creativity. At last, the article proposes video-letter as a method that might be used in other projects that work health care and creativity from the particular point of view of people directly involved in these issues. And at the same time understanding diversity as a concept that helps to avoid labels and stereotypes about mental illnesses, foster new ways to build understanding and transformation in our social contexts