Artist: Phoebe Ching Ying MAN
This is a paper cutting work. The cutting and background both used solid color paper. She cut a woman half-body and the woman is hugging herself. The woman's head are very puzzled, covered by many paper pieces. She want to shows the rapes victim's minds, the rapes's memory always appear in their mind, cannot erase it, they feel fear and without freedom, just like stripped in a memory jail. This status follow their life for many years.
I really like this work. This work can show us how uncomfortable the victim is. When I was young, I was a victim of indecent assault in public transport. The experience will appear sometime when I in the public transport again and I hate male for some years. The feeling was so bad and felt very dirty, I still cannot forget them now, my mind just like the paper pieces. Also, The paper material is appropriated for this work because paper is very fragile and soft, like the victim and their mind. When we cut the paper, the paper have scar,like the victim. Also,the paper cutting is a traditional Chinese craft, which is a way to express the female's thoughts. It is very suitable to show the ideas.
This work tell us the victim's pain and want to educate people to stop doing such things. It is worth to see and think about this crime in Hong Kong.
Photo from:Rewriting History- Installation by Phoebe Man
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