Join us on Thursday 4th June, 6:30–8:30pm for I hv done brain check they say not much, a participatory performance and discussion with artist Carmen Hutchins.

This event offers a glimpse into the constant, rolling landscape of living with seizures. Structured as a performative reading group, it delves into the cryptic and charged typings found in the comment sections of random videos and cursed forum threads online. Hutchins edits and interweaves this found text with her own reflections and asides, creating a detailed mise-en-scène that portrays an experience of having seizures.

Participants are encouraged to sit in the unease of these perennial states of unrest, and to consider how such conditions resonate within their own lives and the lives of others.

Moving beyond the typical image of the convulsing figure, the work gestures towards a vast, neglected underbelly of community who are seeking solution and connection. Pushed to the fringes by the systemic failures of the capitalist humdrum and fragmented healthcare systems, they urgently demand immediate, compassionate attention.

This event is free to attend and will be held at Auto Italia. To book, follow the link here or email info@artworkassociation.org

Carmen Hutchins is a West-Midlands Artist, currently living in London and studying Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts. Her work spans multiple disciplines and is often created in an impatient, but impassioned flurry -always attempting to round up some overwhelm of feeling in one slick finish.

Her primary love is drawing, a practice that is malleable and quick-at-hand, one she uses both to process and stave off seizures. More recently, she has taken an interest in participatory projects, chronicled through digital collage and video.

Notable projects include Ur Turn to Take the Kid, an ongoing socially-engaged work involving the handing out of small bin-bag models, or ‘the kid’ and 2025 group exhibition Chair For Sale, at Hackney’s Discount Furniture Store.

Her artwork has been exhibited in venues such as London’s Tart Gallery and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. She has both led and assisted Art workshops for charities including Birmingham’s Refugee And Migrant Centre, The Hands Up Project and The MindKind Wellbeing Centre in Walsall. She has also designed merchandise for Rock band, The Mysterines, UK Charity War Child and posters for venues such as Birmingham’s Hare & Hounds and Notting Hill Arts Club.