This work emits the sound of a childs voice saying "You are normal now" and
changes speed depending on how fast or slow you spin the wheel.
The wheel is connected to a bicycle light generator that powers a circuit
which controls the speed of the tape playback. The playback sounds “normal” when
the speed is relatively consistent and active.
This work came about as a result of reading Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s
“The Yellow Wallpaper” in an autobiographical narrative in which a woman has been
diagnosed by her husband as having some sort of mental illness, whereby he prescribes
the treatment of bedrest - essentially initiating a withdrawl from society.
The story explores in metaphor issues of induced psychosis as a result of patriarchal
oppression.