As If They Were Equals addresses the possibility of disorientation in the retelling of lived histories. What gets overwritten in our memories? In the histories and stories told?
For this work, I collected mass produced digital and physical ephemera as a way to archive and reinterpret feminist collective action, events, and social change. Feminism, as defined by activist, author, and educator bell hooks, is “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”
The pennants feature questions like, “Are you aware?" -- "Are you awake?" -- "Are you alive?” --- and other various questions asked by feminist activists throughout American history. Installed en masse, these pennants function within a structure of cooperative interdependence. Each pennant displays questions that I have selected from feminist writing, calls to action, and printed ephemera. Removed from their context and placed amongst one another, they take on new and ever-changing interpretations.
For this work, I collected mass produced digital and physical ephemera as a way to archive and reinterpret feminist collective action, events, and social change. Feminism, as defined by activist, author, and educator bell hooks, is “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”
The pennants feature questions like, “Are you aware?" -- "Are you awake?" -- "Are you alive?” --- and other various questions asked by feminist activists throughout American history. Installed en masse, these pennants function within a structure of cooperative interdependence. Each pennant displays questions that I have selected from feminist writing, calls to action, and printed ephemera. Removed from their context and placed amongst one another, they take on new and ever-changing interpretations.
