Rest Stop is an exhibition by Bec Capp which addresses her experience with mental health. The exhibition explores the connection between wellness and arts engagement.

The Tanamai is a notoriously tedious road. Straight, forever, with the section I frequently drive being lined with mulga trees offering few nice views.  About 120kms west of Alice Springs there is a rest stop off the side of the road. It provides some shade, there are two picnic tables, it has a bin, I can let my dog out to pee. There isn’t much to do but rest, though that’s why I like it here.

ARTIST BIO

Bec Capp works predominately with photography and has had her work exhibited in group exhibitions and published in photographic publications/journals across Australia and overseas. In 2015, Bec undertook a research thesis as part of her Masters degree in Art Curatorship, where she studied the role arts engagement can play in preventing burn-out due to the positive cognitive effects it can provide. Since then, her arts practice has explored this connection between art and wellbeing, primarily in using art making as a mindfulness tool to address her own experiences with mental health. 

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