Sue Tibbale, CEO of Sheila McKechnie Foundation :

“This hard-hitting project uses digital storytelling in a way that draws in the person experiencing it. It is a very reflective piece of work on the nuances of sexual violence that are very rarely heard. Socially, it raises awareness and enables victims/ survivors to be ‘listened to’ in an intimate way.”– Read more from the showcase article.

Aftermath is an award nominated interdisciplinary/community artwork created between 2021 and 2022 to engage a global public in discussion and reflection on sexual violence and healing. Over 30 participants submitted testimonials from across two continents. Participants come from a range of backgrounds, classes, and age group from the USA, UK, and EU.

With thanks to: Skylar Fein, Xavier Henry, H Ware, Nika Lincoln, Fay Davis, Shauna Thompson, Jasmine Cousins, Amy Trudgeon, Darcey Vallery, John Giardina, Lindsey Giardina, Matheus Francalacci, Nicolas Huskey for their acting work and to the many anonymous interviewees and online respondents from the UK/USA and Europe.

A visual essay can be viewed here and a virtual walkthrough of the showing in Berlin can be seen here.

At it’s showing at GlogauAIR Berlin, verbal testimonies (recorded using actors) were played through ‘silent disco’ style headphones alongside two 9ft x 5ft double sided paintings which revealed snippets of the interviews that had been redacted after the end of the interview. 18 painted anonymous interviews and a video essay with over 50 pages of transcripts collected first hand explore the nuances of sexual trauma.