Announced to coincide with Mental Health Day – the international day for mental health education – the trail will run from 30 October until 11 December 2011. The project, funded and supported by the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, Salford City Council, The University of Salford, LandsecU+I and Arts Council England, will comprise a series of head sculptures installed throughout the city.
Locations on the trail include Mayfield Park, Greengate Square, the University of Salford’s Peel Park Campus, outside the Imperial War Museum North and MediaCity UK. Audiences will be encouraged to use the trail to connect with new communities through creativity, as well as engage in open conversations about mental health.
This year’s trail is the latest in a series of works dating back to 2016. When the A Different Light project started, it featured four films, an album of music and spoken word, and 3,000 mini, bespoke head sculptures.