Chanika Svetvilas
Community Care Exchange
Chanika Svetvilas
Friday
11–3pm
Medrite Urgent Care, 14th Street and Third Avenue
Saturday
12–6pm
New School/CVS, 14th Street and Fifth Avenue
Sunday
12–4pm
Chelsea Triangle, 14th Street and Ninth Avenue
Through this mobile interactive booth, the artist invites passersby to write a brief prescription of care and receive one in exchange. Limited nourishing gift cards from local businesses are also included. Svetvilas is adorned with the prescription bottles used for the exchange from her headdress to her floor-length skirt, as she invites you to consider what non-medical care and support mean to you. Recognizing our interdependence and the need for collaborative care can prevent a future mental health crisis. Sustainable community care begins with our connections with each other. The Community Care Exchange is a giveaway that you give back to! We are all interconnected. Participate and show that you care! You receive what you give!
Community Care Exchange ProjectChanika Svetvilas is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, cultural worker, and advocate for mad pride. Her work focuses on mental health difference as someone who has bipolar. She has presented work nationally and internationally. She is a Visiting Scholar at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University, 2024-25. Her work is interdisciplinary and participatory.