Tranquille site in Kamloops, BC CANADA Please click on the photo for a better look.
This was done in the summer of 2007 through Arnica Artist Run Centre in Kamloops, BC.
A number of works were completed involving the site, which is a former Tuberculosis and then a Mental Illness facility. It holds a rich history in the region and has garnered a lot of attention in the community, especially recently as it is slated for demolition and development as a resort destination.
Though it was long considered a treatment facility the Tranquille property was largely incapable of administering actual treatment. In early years of so-called treatment of both TB and mental illness little was understood and little could be done to treat the patients. Tranquille functioned largely as a place to warehouse patients away from the community. Care was taken of the patients such as washing and feeding and it functioned as a self-sustaining community with its own farms, school, dorms, theatre, and residences. It closed in the 80s, as treatment changed to allow patients to function within the generall population.
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