The Journey of a Hospital Gown: Performing Needlework

This essay explores issues Pushbutton Defrost Fridge Thermostat surrounding psychiatric hospitalization through the intersection of creative writing and artmaking.The writing reflects on four artworks by the author created from appropriated hospital gowns that reflect on issues of representation and historical and contemporary experiences of hospitalization for mental disabilities Accessories - Other - Miscellaneous including questions surrounding dignity, wellness, family, asylum tourism, psychiatric photography, and objectification.