“What She Wore” is a series of silkscreened images of men photographed harassing women in public spaces printed on cotton muslin. Most of the photographs are taken by the women who were the target of harassment or bystanders and shared on social media like Hollaback.Org or with local news stations. I collected these images and digitally arranged them, then used a photo-emulsion process to burn the images to multiple screens, creating an abstracted design comprised of the men’s faces and bodies. This work was inspired by Laurie Anderson’s series “Fully Automated Nikon (Object/Objection/Objectivity),” and the cut-and-paste, DIY aesthetic of Riot Grrrl zines. The repetitive nature of the prints is intended to both call attention to the ubiquity of this harassment while the low-fidelity of the images is meant to disempower the men who commit it. The work literally objectifies the harassers, turning them into little more than a decorative textile design.

See this piece in the Video Tour of 2020 Emerging Artists Exhibition at Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association.