The chair is locked down to keep it from rolling, and Simon is secured to the chair with canvas webbing. In addition to his blue asylum scrubs, he is wearing a white straitjacket and leg restraints. He has also been fitted with a grotesque mask, like a veterinarian’s dog muzzle. Behind the wire of the muzzle, his lower face—mouth, chin, cheekbone to cheekbone—is entirely covered by a thick band of black leather.

