Photographs of the book, No System
(Steidl, 1999).

TO BOOK A DrJOY / ArtNurse+ CLINIC IN YOUR AREA CONTACT US VIA CONTACT FORM   WORDS ON ARTNURSE+ (The first incarnation of DrJoy) by Professor Mark Bartlett, 2016 ArtNurse+ is the performative alter ego of the incomparable photographer, voyager, and artist-activist, Vinca Petersen, who appears from time to time wearing a NHS ‘uniform’ with…

To buy FUTURE FANTASY from Vinca Petersen’s book shop click here.     Vinca Petersen interviewed by Sheryl Garratt – Future Fantasy (Ditto 2017) This book uses material from the very start of my archive, a small collection of about 100 photographs I’d kept from my teens and early 20s, along with my diaries. I…

  A Life of Subversive Joy – A 23m long installation using 600 photos and 200 pieces of ephemera to tell the story of Petersen’s life of raving, roaming and humanitarian projects. Installation first shown at Saatchi 2019, due to be shown at V&A Dundee 2020/21.       A highlight of ‘Sweet Harmony: Rave…

  Deuce and a Quarter (Idea, 2018) In 1999, Corinne Day was paid to do a road trip in Texas. She spent most of her budget on a car, the rest on our flights, and four of us all piled into this car and just drove from Houston down to Austin. We followed the Llano…

Photos of Roma, and other Romanians, and their horses, taken from the FYP bus.

Link to the FYP website containing all Petersen’s FYP photographic galleries & information.

A journey across West Africa taking a bouncy castle as a form of Laughter Aid.

Raves & Riots 1990-2004 – Description required

The first journey to Ukraine with volunteers and two 7.5 ton lorries full of aid…

23 Teknivals from Zena Merton on Vimeo.