crime! + bollocks is a project about trauma.
it is about coping.
it is about being okay one day and seeing red the next.
it is about violence and grief.
it is about discomfort with intimacy.
it is about the harsh reality of navigating the world as a victim.
it is about interpersonal relationships being ruined in an evening.
it is about the expectation to shut up and get over it.
it is about people who are apologists and victim blamers.
It is about acting okay near people that you want to strangle.
It is about realizing that this wasn’t the first time.
it is about revenge, and it is about forgiveness.
it is about healing.
it is about coping.
crime! + bollocks is a project about trauma.
Secondary Artist Statement, 8.5x11
I CAN STILL TASTE HER, 40x30, Archival Inkjet Print, Acrylic
Punisher, 40x30, Archival Inkjet Print, Acrylic
Finder, 40x30, Archival Inkjet Print, Acrylic
Creator, 40x30, Archival Inkjet Print, Acrylic
Sufferer, 40x30, Archival Inkjet Print, Acrylic
COPE!; 9x12 Original Photo Nan Goldin's Ryan in the Tub; Cyanotype, Bleached and Toned; Oil Pastel, Colored Pencil, Painted Bleach Solution, Acrylic Paint
FIGHT!, 20x30, Cyanotype, Bleached and toned; Oil Pastel, Colored Pencil, Painted Bleach Solution, Acrylic
TIME, 28x20, Tape-Exposed Cyanotype, Bleached and Toned; Oil Pastel, Colored Pencil, Painted Bleach Solution, Acrylic
I Can Still Taste Her, Projection Video, 2:53
Each white rectangle is representative of a photograph;
Punisher, Finder, Creator, and Sufferer.
VIDEO 1: Raw video to be projected
VIDEO 2: Projection from show
VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
...but (I) wanted to add something that sat alongside the four other photos, but was softer, more reflective, more personal, and more intimate. What I created was a piece called I can still taste her. This piece is representative of the long-lasting personal effects (of sexual assault), focusing on discomfort with intimacy. I wanted to include a picture of myself in order to break that barrier of artist and viewer and instead put myself into the work to allow it to be fully personal and more reflective.
-an excerpt from my thesis
