Snap up a Harley Weir (or similar) and support mental health

An online photographic print sale in support of mental health was launched this week. SUB-MERGE features a selection of 24 prints by the likes of Harley Weir, Ed Atkins, and Nhu Xuan Hua, and a purchase of one is a direct donation to mental health charity, Mind. 

The selected works depict the worlds of technology and ‘reality’, and how they intersect in varying layers throughout our subconscious. SUB-MERGE aims to use art in the hopes of reconfiguring our relationship with technology, and the ways it affects our mental well-being. 

The project is curated by Nick Hadfield and Mikey Opie O’Grady of Emulsion, a creative studio and art publication based in London. They steer away from a dystopic point of view of technology and instead make a case for the transformative potentials of digital media, as explored by artists who incorporate innovative and creative uses of new technologies in their work. 

The project comes as a timely preparation for the next few weeks ahead. Mind expects mental health to be a more prominent social issue over the Christmas season, especially after the distressing events of this year.   

The sale is on from now until 16 December. All 12 x 16″ prints are available to purchase at £100 each, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to Mind.