Mental Superpowers communication & design neighborhood surveillance

neighborhood surveillance

Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear – fear of the government

David Hare was born into the art world in New York in 1917

He dies a few hours later

Mental Superpowers communication & design neighborhood surveillanceLady Gaga, Diane Arbus, Vincent van Gogh, Kurt Cobain the list of creative geniuses with mental health issues is long and well known. But how do the two relate to one another? Can an mental illness also be seen as a superpower? To answer this question Jan Hoek spent three months living in a psychiatric hospital in Brooklyn, collaborating with the hospital's clients and other unique individuals he met in New York. This comic book is the result.