#ephemerol

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“This was a test campaign used in 1947 to market a new product. The product was a drug, a tranquilizer called 'Ephemerol'. It was aimed at pregnant women. If it had worked, it would have been marketed all over North America. But the campaign failed, and the drug failed, because it had a side effect on the unborn children. An invisible side effect.” - Scanners (1981)

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Dora Budor at Ramiken Crucible

Inspired by a sculpture in a David Cronenberg sci-fi horror film, Dora Budor’s enormous head houses a seating area – a lounge for contemplating the life of the mind and how it can be controlled. (At Ramiken Crucible through June 5th). Dora Budor, installation view of ‘Ephemerol’ at Ramiken Crucible, through June 5th.