The project "prosecuterix" stems from my experiences of growing up in India and

having to navigate and protect myself from the male gaze. Specifically an

unpleasant life altering experience where I was violated as a child traveling in a

local bus pushes me to make this work.

Through this work I want to bring realization to situations where men, women,

children and people from the LGBTQ+ community have experienced sexual abuse

I am asking you, the viewer, to share your story of sexual assault anonymously.

To participate, you may put your story in the drop box, in an empty labeled

shoebox, or email it to prosecuterix@gmail.com.You can also substitute a blank page

in place of a written story if that is what you are comfortable with. If you are

unable to share your story your presence in itself is powerful.

Your identity will be hidden. The boxes will be QR coded and when scanned will link

to your story. If you want to add your voice but don't want it published just mark

the email / papers with the subject header DON'T READ. The story will be assigned

to a box that will be glued shut and the QR code will link to a blank page.

The shoe image found on the label of the shoebox is replaced by a sketch of a

person found randomly online. The attached title is prosecuterix pw + number of

shoebox. The research based quotes are from survivors of sexual assault, victim

blamers, and rape apologists. The bar code / QR code on the shoebox leads to

stories which were shared through the project.

I want to emphasize that the sketch, the quotes, the story do not connect to each

other. They are ALL random and misconstrued pieces of a puzzle just as abuse is.

I am also playing with the idea of how gender/ race/ appearance of the sketched

person and the story inside the box plays with our inherent prejudices.

For the duration of the install and beyond, I encourage you to share your story in

this safe artistic space.

#notmylabel

prosecuterix@gmail.com

Prosecuterix (ongoing)
May 2017

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