THE BODY AND BLOOD
Informed by "Ruined", a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Lynn Nottage, which addresses atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Violence against women is a global issue; ubiquitous and without boundaries. Most rapes go unreported - only 16% are ever reported to the police. In the United States a reported attack happens every two minutes, 720 times a day.
This installation presented an image of those numbers. Each day, for 34 days, 720 dried rose petals were added to a honeysuckle basket in the center of the gallery.
Between October 12 and November 14, 2009, a total of 24,480 petals spilled over that basket, as sanctus bells rang every two minutes.
. . . the body and blood, installation, 2009, University of North Carolina - Asheville