Work: Captured
Author: Velvet Hart
bracelet – silver, MDF, cotton, acrylic paints
The idea of the bracelet „Captured” is based on the practice of chaining patients to a radiator within Bethlem Mental Asylum. This method of control was used as recently as the last century.
It formed part of a show in Munich with Dialogue Collective and Handshake called “It will all come out in the wash”.
The radiator is now shrunken and turned to silver; the cuff is softly cushioned reminiscent of the padded cell - the wearer is able to go wherever they please. No longer captured but free.