The Unsorted Hat
Made by Victoria Yong
To externalize the intrusive memories of people who have Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), I created a whimsical-looking hat that plays looped recordings of intrusive sound-based memories. The hat starts screaming when the surrounding environment is quiet, thus disrupting the silence until there is enough noise and conversation in the room again. Because people who have C-PTSD have abstracted mental flashbacks, this project shows how snippets of buried traumatic memories can surface in everyday life.
Created: February 14th, 2019
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To externalize the intrusive memories of people who have Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), I created a whimsical-looking hat that plays looped recordings of intrusive sound-based memories. The hat starts screaming when the surrounding environment is quiet, thus disrupting the silence until there is enough noise and conversation in the room again. Because people who have C-PTSD have abstracted mental flashbacks, this project shows how snippets of buried traumatic memories can surface in everyday life.