The art of life adapting: drawing and healing.

Fremantle, Chris

Abstract

The author, a practice-led researcher and cultural producer, draws on his own experience of cancer treatment and his use of art as a way to make aspects visible. He relates this to the larger intersubjective and social questions of cancer as an overwhelming force affecting society. Approaches in art, including improvisation, are relevant to adaptation, a process which is necessary for living with cancer.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2020
• Journal: Leonardo
• Print ISSN: 0024-094X
• Electronic ISSN: 1530-9282
• Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83-84
• Institution Citation: FREMANTLE, C. 2020. The art of life adapting: drawing and healing. Leonardo [online], 53(1), pages 83-84. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01833
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01833
• Keywords: Art; Visual arts; Healing; Cancer; Patient; Disease; Living with cancer