Mural about the impact of sexual assault, Jonna Bo’s (one part of VAAF) Master project at Konstfack.

40mx15,5m

Often in mainstream media, sexual violence is depicted from the perspective of the harasser. Articles on sexual harassment are frequently accompanied by stock photos of a woman holding up her hands in resistance, almost as if inviting viewers to adopt the perspective of the harasser. POV: you are sexually assaulting someone. There is also a huge emphasis on resisting, it begs the question with survivors: ‘did I do enough to stop my assault? Was it my fault?’ When this is the only way sexual violence is visualised, this becomes the only truth. A unempathetic, guild-ridden truth.
So much is wrong with these one dimensional interpretations. I think a change of perspective is necessary.
This mural is a part of that change of perspective. I want to change to way sexual violence is depicted and make work that is empathetic to survivors, without guilt, but still showing the impact of it. ’’

Made possible by
Målarmästerns Färgbutik & Perssons hyrmaskiner & Vasakronan

All the people that donated to the crowdfunding

And all the people that helped me paint: Mariana Morais, Nadia Norzai, David Hoshang Nazerian, Mimi Hyltén-Cavallius Horrell, Catarina Pinheiro Farinha Da Costa, Andrea Fabris Pascual, Olof Grind, Corneel Nyckees, Febe Vermeulen, Nicolas Vittori, Julie Andrieux