Hysterical in Oslo

Last week i went to a art show, here is a link to a review of it in Norwegian

http://www.kunstkritikk.no/article/73887


And here is the gallery that it was held at

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=39148807688

It was a very interesting show that entailed three actress/dancers doing thier interpretation of hysteria in women at the turn of the last century. Their influences were the works of

Jean-Martin Charcot (November 29, 1825-August 16, 1893) French Neurologist. Here is a small blurb from Indiana University.

21st century psychologists are primarily interested in Charcot's research into the causes of Hysteria. Although this disorder expressed itself differently in each patient, most suffered a combination of physical and psychological symptoms, which could include delirium, paralysis, rigidity and contraction of muscles, blindness, inability to speak, loss of feeling, vomiting, hemorrhaging, seizures, joint deformity and distended abdomens. Many contemporary physicians accused the hysterical patients of malingering and fraud, but Charcot was convinced that the patients believed that their symptoms were real, and that the physical symptoms were indicative of a genuine psychological problem (Fancher, 1985, p. 53).

For full info follpw http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/charcot.shtml

It was a wild show and i think that everyone was uncomfortable most of the time. The above photo is my cousin (in flowery dress) looking at the woman on the floor who had just collapsed (as part of the show) that is me behind her looking at one of the other actors. See more photos at the first link above.

luckily it only lasted an hour. In a good way....