Gallery: Interrogation, Mind-Control Techniques Inspire In the Naughty Chair Exhibition

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    *Doug Foster's* Brainwasher *inspires the title of the* In the Naughty Chair *exhibition.* *Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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    *The* Brainwasher *interrogation chair faces a mesmeric, watery projection. Photo: Olivia Solon/Wired U.K.*
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    *The kaleidoscopic projection of* Brainwasher *is accompanied by a monotonous, liquid drone. Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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    *In* Breather, *an imposing metal chamber features two sets of peepholes to allow viewers to peer into the box. Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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    *People attending a previous exhibition, entitled* Hell's Half Acre, *take turns peering inside the* Breather *box. Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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    *The view from* Breather*'s upper eye holes reveals a woman gasping for air before submerging herself underwater. Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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    *In* Folding Stereoscopic Viewer, *an industrial-looking cabinet attached to the wall opens up to reveal a contraption that shows stereoscopic images. Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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    *Inside* Folding Stereoscopic Viewer, *two high-resolution images of Eve are reflected in two mirrors at the center of the device. Photo: Olivia Solon/Wired U.K.*
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    *Within the fiery, symmetrical, kaleidoscopic projection of* The Heretics' Gate, *the viewer can find demonic creatures emerging and then disappearing (as featured in the* Hell's Half Acre *exhibition).* *Photo courtesy Doug Foster/Lazarides Gallery*
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