Liz Magic Laser

Laser’s hallucinatory investigative report explores Paris’s Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, widely considered the birthplace of modern psychology and neurology. Interviews with doctors, historians, clergy, and dance therapists reveal uncanny connections between the emergence of “hysteria” in 19th-century Paris and recent outbreaks of so-called TikTok tics.

An operatic performance with libretto and choreography interpreted from scenes from soap operas, plays, movies, and reality television shows featuring characters expressing psychological crisis.