If Walls Could Talk

2019

The installation If Walls Could Talk and the sound piece Silent Conversations is my response to the Kavanaugh hearings that took place in 2018. Both were created for all the women who were victims of sexual assault and for those who ‘might’ have been – it is meant to draw attention to what goes on behind closed doors. For me as well as the women who helped create and participate in Silent Conversations, the hearings and more specifically the testimony by both Ford and Kavanaugh brought back long forgotten memories about situations and incidents that happened when we were younger women. Things that in retrospect were not okay; things that at the time were either laughed off, excused or simply kept to ourselves, being unsure as to ‘if’ what happened was actually cause for alarm.

Ten, Twenty, Thirty plus years later, that uneasy feeling felt at the time, still lingers. I believe that nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right is our subconscious speaking to our conscious. Silent Conversations brings these voices to life with the aid of three strong women willing to share their own personal experiences.

By creating If Walls Could Talk and Silent Conversations my hope is to inspire outward dialogue within the community providing an opportunity for voices that perhaps have not yet been heard to speak up and speak out.