Cazylnne Peffer
The exhibition, Muffled Violations (2022) is de- rived from my own experience of trauma from an acquaintance rape, through an assemblage of found objects and video works. The body of work offers a poetic account of the trauma felt from the memories of rape. These memories are intimately embedded into the fabric of found objects such as coupled pillows stained with drool that also happen to resemble an accumulation of cum.
When it is worn it sits on the body and is stretched over the curvature of skin. Hosiery soaks up sweat, can be stained with discharge and retains these smells. Even pubic hair weaves itself into its threads. When whole, pantyhose takes on human form and becomes a vessel that cups genitalia. The textile is meant to protect skin but remains susceptible to penetrative tears and cuts. Pantyhose references a childhood street game based on boundaries and to my interpretation, the issue of consent.
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