Faculty of Design
Illustration
Daniella Sasseville
Beetlemania
Illustration
In the 1960s, numerous textile factory workers believed that June bugs were making them ill. Yet despite the manifestation of physical illness, entomologists called to the scene found no trace of June bugs. Psychologists concluded that the power of suggestion on top of being overworked were the “culprits” of this mass delusion of illness.
Work by
Daniella Sasseville
Illustrator
“Historical cases of mass hysteria are represented through surreal digital paintings, entertaining the strange deluded perspectives and influences behind them. “Phantasmagoria” brings awareness to a...” [More]
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