#DEARCTCALLERS (2017-’18)
#dearcatcallers, It's not a compliment
Realising many people still don’t know how often and in whatever context catcalling happens, I started the project #dearcatcallers. I took pictures of each of my catcallers within the period of one month. By making the selfie, both the objectifier and the object are assembled in one composition. Myself, as the object, standing in front of the catcallers represents the reversed powerratio which is caused by this project
The collection was posted on instagram and went world wide viral. With a number of 350.000 followers and tens of millions of views, the projected is now running by itself through other people using the hashtag.
The project had various international exhibitions and is used in multiple teaching-programmes.
In multiple countries governments are now talking about how to treat streetharrasments more earnestly.
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EXHIBITION
FABRICA: Treviso, Italy
Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands. Academie Galerie
Museum of World Cultures of Barcelona (AGePaCC)
LECTURES
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: (Brussels, Belgium) Safer Internet Forum
TEDxTALK; (Vicenza, Italy) #dearcatcallers, it's not a compliment
INSTAGRAM HQ-FACEBOOK HQ: (Dublin, Ireland) Storytelling through social media
FABRICA; (Treviso, Italy) dearcatcallers and design
NFF, Nederlands Film Festival: (Utrecht, Netherlands) Professionals program: Utopian Narratives in the digital age. Our Brave New World.
NOOR FOUNDATION X PAKHUIS DE ZWIJGER: (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Storytelling in the digital age
MUSEUM OF COMMUNICATION: (Lisbon, Portugal) Zoom-Smart-Cities: Smart cities and the people
ZOKU; (Amsterdam, Netherlands) A City made by People
FRANCE 24