Guiding Principles
OOSOOM Archive (2013-2022)
• All of the artworks exhibited are made by people with lived experience of mental health issues
• Everyone’s artwork is of equal value, we do not make judgements on quality, value or artistic merit
• Artworks do not have to be about the topic of mental health. OOSOOM is a platform for people’s own voices using the arts
• Artworks can be in any form or media
• We aim to take in to account the wishes and needs of everyone involved wherever possible
• Only artworks previously not shown at this exhibition can be shown as the exhibition aims to be a fresh experience each year
• An artwork may be refused on grounds such as, advocacy, legality, safety, or another reason agreed by the organisers
• The exhibition will work within the ‘Principles of Independent Advocacy’, which govern CAPS Independent Advocacy