Our Personas
Expressive arts workshop · Changsha
Hosted and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗WORKSHOPS, SCREENINGS & CONVERSATIONS
Events
FEATURED EVENTS
Selected gatherings
Shanghai
The Meaning of Diagnosis
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Shanghai / Online
A Guide to Your First Psychiatry Appointment: Launch
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Shanghai / Online
Flyway Opening and Performance Theatre
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Shanghai
Transforming Medicine Bottles
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Shanghai
A Perch for the Thornbirds Open Day and Farewell to Our Space
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Changsha
Our Personas
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EVENT INDEX
Past events
2023
Films, Translations and Magazines We Look Forward To
Volunteer online tea gathering · Online
Organized by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗When Psychiatrists Reflect on Biological Psychiatry
Film screening / Discussion · Online
Organized by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗2022
A Christmas Fireside Conversation
In-person tea gathering · Nanjing
Co-hosted
Record in Chinese ↗A Year-End Gathering: Gains and Losses
In-person tea gathering · Shanghai
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Mind? Money? Talking about the Business of Mental Health
Online tea gathering · Online
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Yvo and Chrissy: Screening and Conversation with the Directors
Documentary screening · Shanghai
Co-hosted
Record in Chinese ↗Summer Cycling on Jiangxin Island
Community cycling · Nanjing
Initiated and facilitated by community members
Record in Chinese ↗A Public Living Room Made through Film
Online tea gathering · Online
Curated by A Perch for the Thornbirds / Joint conversation
Record in Chinese ↗Exploring Open Dialogue in Mental Health Care
Online tea gathering · Online
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗The Society We Imagine
Volunteer online tea gathering · Online
Initiated by volunteers
Record in Chinese ↗What Can Students Do for Campus Mental Health?
Online tea gathering · Online
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗How Can I Help without Professional Training?
Online tea gathering · Online
Hosted and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗At Stirling, What Will Heal Us?
Bilingual online tea gathering · Online / Stirling, UK
Facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds / Joint project
Record in Chinese ↗Growing through Distress, Living with Illness
Online sharing · Online
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗Pajama Story Night
Peer storytelling · Nanjing
Curated and facilitated by community members
Record in Chinese ↗A Hundred Ways into Depression
Mental health pop-up / Themed sharing · Changsha
Initiated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗2021
What Can I Do after Sexual Harassment?
Evening conversation · Nanjing
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗A Perch for the Thornbirds Open Day and Farewell to Our Space
Open day · Shanghai
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Blue Dreams: Opening and Themed Discussion
Exhibition opening / Themed discussion · Shanghai
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗Transforming Medicine Bottles
Medicine-bottle art workshop · Shanghai
Initiated, curated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗I Have a Little Problem: Film Screening
Film screening / Sharing · Shanghai
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds / Joint screening
Record in Chinese ↗Sharing Food and Homesickness at Mid-Autumn
Community gathering / Shared meal · Shanghai
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗A Conversation Beginning with Reporting on Suicide
Roundtable · Online
Organized by A Perch for the Thornbirds / Joint dialogue
Record in Chinese ↗Mental Health and Painting
Interdisciplinary dialogue · Shanghai / Online
A Flyway collaboration
Record in Chinese ↗Film, Self-Therapy and the Ethics of Events
Screening / Post-screening discussion · Shanghai
A Perch for the Thornbirds × Shuben Screening
Record in Chinese ↗A Dialogue between a Director and a Doctor
Screening / Post-screening conversation · Shanghai
A Perch for the Thornbirds × Shuben Screening
Record in Chinese ↗Medicine: A Script Workshop on Sexual Assault and Silencing
Script study · Shanghai
A Flyway collaboration
Record in Chinese ↗A Change of Mind
Performance art · Shanghai
A Flyway collaboration
Record in Chinese ↗Our Relationship with Mental Health
Woodcut printmaking workshop · Shanghai
Hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Cleaning: A Play Reading
Play reading · Shanghai
A Flyway collaboration
Record in Chinese ↗Flyway Opening and Performance Theatre
Opening / Livestream · Shanghai / Online
Co-hosted
Record in Chinese ↗Gender × Mental Health Summer Festival
Community festival · Shanghai
Co-curation / Venue support
Record in Chinese ↗Playing with the Body: How Do We Walk?
Movement workshop · Shanghai
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗A Guide to Your First Psychiatry Appointment: Launch
Booklet launch + Open dialogue · Shanghai / Online
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗What We Have Experienced and What We Fear
Woodcut printmaking workshop · Shanghai
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗Playing with the Body
Movement workshop · Shanghai
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗Tuesday Movement Practice
Movement practice · Shanghai
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗A Mental Health Pop-Up at Nanjing University
Campus pop-up · Nanjing
Initiated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Mental Health Arts Practice in China and the UK
Online sharing · Online
Co-organized
Record in Chinese ↗The Lucky Pregnancy Hotel: Film Study
Screening / Film study · Shanghai / Wuxi / Suzhou
Initiated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗How Can I Support a Friend Experiencing Depression?
Mental health discussion · Kunming
Organized and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗A Green Walk
Peer support / Outdoor walk · Nanjing
Member-led / Platform support
Record in Chinese ↗The Meaning of Diagnosis
Storytelling workshop · Shanghai
Curated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗We Belong Together
Community space opening / Gathering · Shanghai
Co-initiated / Space operations
Record in Chinese ↗What I Have Experienced and What I Fear
Women’s mutual support · Nanjing
Organized by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Ten-Cent Conversations on the Street
Mental health pop-up · Guiyang
Initiated by community members
Record in Chinese ↗Kindness and People-Pleasing
Peer support group · Nanjing
Member-led / Platform support
Record in Chinese ↗Anxiety!
Peer support group · Nanjing
Member-led / Platform support
Record in Chinese ↗2020
Confessions: Saying Goodbye to 2020 through Film
Film screening · Beijing
Initiated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Bring Food and Say Goodbye to 2020
Peer support / Shared meal · Nanjing
Member-led / Platform support
Record in Chinese ↗Moments of Disorientation
Film screening · Beijing
Initiated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Living with Depression
Arts and social sciences conversation · Beijing
Initiated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Me and……
Screening / Conversation · Beijing
Initiated and hosted by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗A Winter Conversation about Inferiority
Peer support group · Nanjing
Member-led / Platform support
Record in Chinese ↗Empty Buildings: Fast Money and People Left Behind in Sihanoukville
Fieldwork sharing · Nanjing
Curated by A Perch for the Thornbirds / Guest sharing
Record in Chinese ↗Mental Health Film Study: Nanjing
Screening / Film study · Nanjing
Initiated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗What Can I Do When I Feel Down?
Peer support group · Nanjing
Member-led / Platform support
Record in Chinese ↗Our Love and Fear
Playback Theatre · Wuxi
Pity Party
Record in Chinese ↗Pity Party: Wuxi Mental Health Art Exhibition
Art exhibition · Wuxi
Initiated and co-organized by A Perch for the Thornbirds
Record in Chinese ↗Mental Health Film Study: Wuxi
Screening / Film study · Wuxi
Initiated and facilitated by A Perch for the Thornbirds
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