On Rape And Institutional Failure

Laia Abri's On Rape is a visualisation of the origin of gender-based stereotypes and myths, as well as the failing structures of law and order, that continue to perpetuate rape culture. Abril collates and interweaves compiled testimonies, political proclamations, historical archives, popular and traditional beliefs, as well as society's structural failures to deal with sexual violence. To avoid feeding the systemic victim-blaming society, Abril switches the visual narrative from the survivors to the institu tions, allowing her opportunity to address transgenerational trauma and social accountability. 'On Rape' is the second chapter of Laia Abril's long-term project 'A History of Misogyny', a visual research through his torical and contemporary comparisons of the systemic control of women in the world. Laia Abril is a research-based artist working with photography, text and sound. She focusses on long-term projects on uneasy and hidden realities about women rights, grief and bio-politi

ISBN:	9781911306870
Publisher:	Dewi Lewis Publishing
Imprint:	Dewi Lewis Publishing
Published date:	15 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	362.883
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	8197
Number of pages:	228
Weight:	1410g
Height:	240mm
Width:	333mm
Spine width:	26mm

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