The Big Anxiety Melbourne Naarm, presented by RMIT and UNSW from 21 September–15 October,brings together creative thinkers – including artists, researchers, scientists, health and community workers, and people with a wide range of lived experiences — to re-imagine mental health care for the 21st century.

Awkward Conversations offers one-on-one conversations in experimental formats, tackling anxieties, habits and hard-to-talk about subjects like mental health.

What to Expect: ‘You’re trying to work out what’s stopping you enjoying each other’s company’, says psychoanalyst Adam Phillips on a good outcome for therapy. Can you enjoy yourself with someone else? Spend time drawing, writing, doodling, playing or making with various art supplies in the company of Nicola, while she reads to you from her book. What might you make, and what might you not be able to make, in the company of another person?