Trauma
1999/ 2000
(with
Sandra Zuanovic)
In
a room, behind a gauze curtain, there are 8 casts of the artists. They are dressed
in grey uniforms. The audience sees dif-ferent pictures which are associated traumatic
events projected onto their faces, These pictures are not clear and are meant
to give the viewer an opportunity to think about own memories.
In the background,
a tape is played on which statistics of post-traumatic stress disorder are given
in 16 different languages, spoken by native speakers:
The Occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder
·
55,5% after rape
· 38,8% due to war
· 35,4% due to illtreatment
during childhood
· 21,8% due to neglect during childhood
·
19,3% due to sexual herassment
· 17,2% due to the threat of armed violence
· 11,5% due to physical violence
· 7,6% after an accident
· 4,5% after a fire or natral catastrophe
· 7% due to witnessing
an accident or physical violence
There
are people in every country of the world, who suffer from the causes of trauma.
Sometimes the memories are vague but all of them can lead to chronic emotional
and physical ill-health.