Buenos Aires
El Borda y Valparaiso
The murals in the Borda hospital have evolved I think from an age-old phenomenon that people often forget about--something that is often debated even now, and that is the power of art. Not even just art though as in visual arts, but also with performing arts or the power of music like the piano of MartÃn Perino from the article that onlookers said "relaxes your body, brings you to another world, and makes you forget all your problems." Specifically the murals in El Borda stem from this movement called desmanicmialización, which "seeks to restore dignity and respect to the mentally ill and to de-medicalize and de-stigmatize treatment for them." The walls are there to be painted on for the people inside them to be able to express themselves and, while finding healing for themselves, to also be able to show the world that they are not just their diagnosis and that they are capable of creating beautiful or at the very least, thought-provoking work. I think the radio, La...
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