To What The Eyes Cannot See is fashion zine that chronicles the behavioural impacts and emotional trauma a survivor is forced to undergo due to crimes of sexual violence inflicted upon them. It aims to open discussions on the cause-and-effects of sexual violence, and to refute the myths of the role of dress being an instigator to such crimes. It attempts to subvert the male gaze, and reverse the cultures of victim shaming and blaming by extending empathy to survivors of sexual violence.
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Preface
The publication origin's stem from an
auto-ethnographic and personal standpoint.
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Formerly a visual journal entry to navigate the complicated emotional maze and confront the disassociation from the past. The publication blossoms into a myriad of words, images and film that tries to understand the personal journey and the after-effects of sexual violence.
Using Fashion
The incessant line of questioning that revolves around the survivor's/victim's dress brings to light the backwardness of thought. The use of dress to cover and reveal the "erogenous" zones of the body in the film and images, aim to subvert the sexualisation of body because of dress.
The publication uses fashion as more than just dress in terms of visuals and words to reverse the conditioning of victim blaming and shaming.