Drawing Act V, Along the line, In the space

Ayesha Feisal was the lead artist for Drawing Act V, responding to Drawing Room’s exhibition FIGURE/S: Drawing After Bellmer. Ayesha worked with South London Maudsley’s NHS Women’s Ward, alongside peer support workers Anna Geissman (MA Dance and Movement Psychotherapy) and Deirdre McGale (artist). Ayesha encouraged women to form their own language and explore new techniques exploring body, symbols and colour.

Each session fused movement activities with drawing, blurring lines between art and dance, staff and patient, creating an atmosphere of collaboration and community. Drawings were shared through an intimate exhibition at the ward and a publication produced to document the groups collective experience.