Knowledge Isn't Everything

 

Themes: domestic violence, IPV, femicide, social indoctrination imparting values and ideologies.

 

Description: This project involved the solicitation of written content from inmates at the California Institution for Women incarcerated for having killed their significant others as a result of these circumstances. Their responses were individually inserted into a set of 14 re-bound 'Books of Knowledge' the pages of which were rebound blank with the exception of one double page spread that was culled and reproduced from the original books. The book spreads spoke of various aspects on 'how-to' lead a perfect home life which were matched to the received correspondence.

 

This project has been exhibited in varying iterations: Black + Blue, 1992, Fly on the Wall, 2013, Consequences, 2021, each focusing on various aspects of the content reinforcing the tragically timeless nature of the topic.

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Date: 1992

Dimensions: Variable