Behind the Mental Institute Walls, Everyday Life Inside the Asylum

The Roquetes-Nou Barris Historical Archive dedicates a third exhibition to the Nou Barris Mental Institute The first, Cold and Desolation, was in 1985, two years before the closure of the centre, and it showed the day-to-day life of the Mental Institute through unpublished images.

In the second, in 2022, through drawings by patients, their concerns, desires and hopes were expressed. This third exhibition presents a selection of images from the murals that were in the centre’s social hall, with writings, announcements, and drawings that capture the day-to-day life of those who were inpatients there.

Presentation event on Tuesday 11 July, at 7 p.m.