Relationship between contemporary art and Occuptional Therapy “Thoughts”

• Main Authors: Santiso Rolán, J, Darriba Fraga, M J
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Asociación Profesional Gallega de Terapeutas Ocupacionales (APGTO) 2004-12-01
• Series: TOG : Revista de Terapia Ocupacional de la APGTO
• Subjects: Occupational therapy; Art; Art Therapy; Occupation.
• Online Access: http://www.revistatog.com/num1/num1art2.htm

The Emperor's Suit is a well-known fairy tale; many professionals in this field have compared Contemporary Art with the moral of this tale, and precisely enough, this transgression is produced. But does the same occur in Occupational Therapy? These and other thoughts are some of the ideas we are trying to lay on the table.The initial idea to link these two disciplines emerged in a peculiar way: patients and therapist sitting down around a table in a room in the department of Occupational Therapy in a hospital.For us it is revision of something we have experienced as well as an activity which has not been planned strictly from the therapeutic point of view.It has been interesting to participate in a joint project of this kind in which both Therapist and user can collaborate. And in which we would like to count on the same comprehension effort that we expect from our patients, spectators... readers.