Posted on 08/29/2009 10:46:51 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
The trial of Swedish art student Anna Odell after a faked psychosis she acted out as a part of a final year art project, opened in Stockholm on Monday.
Odell denies the charges of false alarm, violent resistance and fraudulent practice.
The charges against 35-year-old Odell date back to January 21st 2009 when she was detained by police on Stockholm's Liljeholmen bridge following what at first appeared to be an attempt to commit suicide.
She was then taken to the psychiatric ward at St. Göran's Hospital for treatment, only to reveal the following day that the whole episode had been faked as a part of her final art exam at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack).
Odell, who has a history of mental illness, explained that she was highlighting deficiencies in Sweden's psychiatric care which she has argued to be "the most dictatorial part of society we have" where "patients are sometimes not believed".
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They say some of the best art is when you make it about what you know. In her case it happens to be about being a little crazy, nuts, loco, bonkers, whacked out...well you get the picture.
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