Burrow

On her quest to find more informations on the practice of leucotomy (a form of brain surgery on psychiatric disorder) in the Swiss institution and psychiatric clinic Königsfelden, the artist Lea Schaffner reached a dead end, as there seems to be barely any information to be found on where exactly such procedures, which very accepted and respected back then, took place. She was left with an archive full of systems of order such as categories, diagnosis, construction plans, grids and structure, but no specific data on the treatment itself, therefore the focus shifted towards the institution itself. Growing up in the clinics vicinity the artist has always been very aware of the place, which is also associated with a series of intimidating and offensive proverbs.