The free exhibition, opening on Monday, November 25th, contains affected person expertise, the function of the therapist, therapeutic and life after the trial.
The challenge is a collaboration between photographer Adam Isfedniyar and researcher and DPhil pupil Eddie Jacobs, who’s a part of the NEUROSEC analysis group within the Division of Psychiatry. Mr Jacobs stated:
Whereas medical trials present promising outcomes for psychedelic therapies, the remedy expertise is radically totally different to established modalities in Psychiatry. Psychedelic experiences can convey up materials that’s typically deeply private and onerous to articulate. Affected person accounts of life earlier than, throughout, and after remedy are sometimes side-lined from the scientific literature however are important for understanding the complete affect of psychedelic therapies: pairing participant accounts with photographs is a robust strategy to seize complicated private journeys and provides voice to the human expertise behind the medical information.”
Mr Isfendiar added: “Visions explores the evolving function of psychedelics and their rising purposes in trendy psychological well being remedy, capturing trial contributors’ profound emotional shifts by means of intimate portraits captured in a managed studio setting utilizing real-time lighting changes. By presenting the shared experiences of trial contributors the challenge gives a first-hand view of psychedelics’ therapeutic potential and the challenges dealing with their mainstream adoption.”
The general public exhibition is a part of the Humanities Cultural Programme (HCP) and is an element of the present Season of Consciousness. It’s funded by the HCP and Oxford Ethics and Humanities.
The exhibition is free and open to the general public from Monday, November 25th to Sunday, December 1st between 11am and 4pm on the season pop-up venue, 33-35 Little Clarendon Avenue, Oxford.
There will likely be a panel dialogue together with a affected person and psychiatrist on Monday afternoon at 4.45pm.
