Bobby Premiered Mad Gyms & Kitchens at ICIA. She developed this show out of her own experiences of illness and hard-won recovery. Designed in collaboration with sculptor Charlie Whittuck, an extraordinary set of fantastical ‘recovery’ apparatus delivered surprises galore as well as state-of-the-art technical equipment, all developed with wellbeing in mind.
Bobby in the media:
In The Guardian:
Review by Lyn Gardner of Mad Gyms and Kitchens.
A short film about Bobby
Diary Drawings – audio slideshow
Associated Events:
As part of the premiere at ICIA Bobby gave an Artist Talk and a Workshop with Sian Stevenson.
Workshop
Led by Sian Stevenson with Bobby Baker
Sat 8 Oct 2011
A workshop for practitioners who, as arts and mental health professionals or survivors, run arts groups for people with experience of mental illness.
The aims of the day were to explore new ideas in visual and performance arts, cultivate networks, and establish new relationships for future work
See more of Bobby’s work with ICIA
Funding:
Mad Gyms & Kitchens was been commissioned for Unlimited, a project celebrating disability, arts, culture and sport on an unprecedented scale as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
The project was principally funded by the National Lottery through the Olympics Lottery Distributor, and is delivered in partnership between London 2012, Arts Council England, the Scottish Arts Council, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the British Council.