17/04/2009 21:41:35
this is a brilliant way to emphasize how united these women are - with each glance a new layer is evident telling the story both collectively and individually.
In Our Own Words
Museum Pick: April 6 - May 4, 2009
In Our Own Words shows how pervasive domestic violence is today; it crosses age, race, economic and ethnic borders. Each face on this wall could be a mother, a sister, a daughter, a granddaughter, a niece, an aunt, a grandmother, step-daughter and step-mother. She could be your friend, your co-worker, a classmate, the woman behind the desk as well as the woman in front of the counter. Most incidents go unreported. Many women think that if they stay they can change their partner's behavior. They stay for their children. They stay for their parents. They stay because they are afraid to leave. My message: Lean in and listen to their voices.
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Lori, one of the faces in the installation, discusses the constant fear she felt while in her abusive relationship and the freedom she gained by escaping.
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Miriam reflects on the guilt that the abuse instilled in her. She believed that when she was hit it was her fault, which a common belief of women who suffer from domestic violence.
 Audience members are invited to listen to the stories, memories and advice of women who survived domestic violence. |
Originally carving the pieces in wood, I inter-mixed facial features of a variety of female ethnicities to make all the faces appear similar. I then manipulated them during the molding and casting processes to create a wall of individual faces. 
Barbara, one woman in the wall of faces.
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