Wrinkles in time and space

Black canvas of white tower: a guide to the Staten Island Mental Hospital Art District

Wrinkles in time and space

When the ferry passes behind the Statue of Liberty, seven Victorian buildings stand on the south coastline. These ruins of mental hospitals built in the 1880s have now become the world's most radical art laboratory.

Chapter 1: Pathology Art Gallery

Sound Prison in Ward 13

Acoustic Device: ✓ String Device Modified from Restraints ✓ Iron Window Fence as Resonance Chamber

Interactive Method: • Trigger sound effects by reading medical records to the vents • Unlock hidden soundtracks by carrying antidepressant bottles

Electroshock Therapy Room Transformation

Artistic Transformation: → Old-fashioned electric shock device becomes light painting tool → Sculpture made of medical record pulp

Special Exhibition: "Brainwave Projection Show" during the full moon every month

Chapter 2: Crazy Economics

Artist Residency Program

Entry Conditions: ▸ Submit a psychiatric diagnosis certificate ▸ Create proposals using drug instructions

Special Benefits: Apply for the use of original restraint devices

Hallucination Exchange

Trading Rules: ① Exchange dream records for creative materials ② Anxiety can be discounted to exhibition time

Black Market Market: The most sought-after thing in 2024 is the sketchbook of bipolar disorder patients

Chapter 3: Therapeutic Destruction

Pill Blasting Workshop

Creative Process: ▶ Embed expired drugs into clay ▶ Unique texture after blasting

Safety tips: Sign a mental disclaimer

Medical record burning ceremony

Performance art: ✓ Make ink from burning ashes ✓ Generate digital NFT from smoke trails

Annual event: Collective burning on World Mental Health Day

Guidelines for visitors and Asian escorts

Transportation: Choose a left seat when taking the ferry

Psychological preparation: It is recommended to watch "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" first to warm up

Equipment suggestion: It is best to carry a paper medical record book

Taboo: Do ​​not ask where the basement specimen room is