The Journey of a Hospital Gown: Performing Needlework

The Journey of a Hospital Gown: Performing Needlework

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This essay explores issues surrounding psychiatric hospitalization through the intersection of creative writing and artmaking.The writing reflects on four artworks Food Service:Commercial Kitchen Equipment:Cooking Equipment:Commercial Ranges:Wok, Mongolian Barbecue by the author created from appropriated hospital gowns that reflect on issues of representation and historical and contemporary experiences of hospitalization for Unisex Perfume mental disabilities including questions surrounding dignity, wellness, family, asylum tourism, psychiatric photography, and objectification.