FuncTION

mARCH 2018

Function plays with the idea of body function and brings light to the stigma around prescription pills. The number 1553 is the number of prescription pills I have taken since August 2 2016, the bulk of which are antidepressants. This cocktail of pills plus some vitamin supplements are what has helped me combat mental health and become a more functioning adult. Without these pills I would not be having the success I have today and might not even be here. By displaying these bottles there is a teetering between being overwhelmed and being underwhelmed. The number of pills seems to be a lot but there isn’t an overwhelming number of bottles. The time period is only just over a year and a half, but I have no other frame of reference to compare. People rarely share their prescriptions with others. Is this a lot of pills or is it normal? I don’t know. I know without them I wouldn’t be functioning at the level I do.