YOSHUA OKÓN

In 2016 a CIA secret agent operating in Havana reported symptoms like headaches, depression, fussiness, insomnia, nausea, blurred vision, lost of hearing and memory, etc...

Since then, more than 200 secret agents operating in different countries have reported similar symptoms, including hearing strange cricket-like sounds.
Most of them are convinced they are victims of invisible microwave attacks.
Some describe it as “an invisible hand” that prevents them from moving.
After extensive investigations and neurological studies, no medical evidence of such attacks have been found. Rather, scientists suspect a psychogenic cause, a collective hysteria caused by psychological and emotional factors.

The invisible hand, alludes to the high levels of anxiety, uncertainty, vulnerability and paranoia caused by the multiple crisis of our era. 

This piece was presented as part of the XIV Havana Biennial in 2022.