Sensory Refuge
Sensory Refuge
"Sensory Refuge: Not Everyone Feels Safe Inside" is a series of interactive tactile vessels and conceptual videos addressing women's issues within the domestic environment, such as objectification, domestic subjugation, and violence.
By repurposing discarded interior furnishing fabrics reclaimed by ReFAB, a social enterprise consisting of an all-women team that upcycles upholstery fabric waste and assists underprivileged women, this series builds upon the symbolic meaning of women resisting harmful systems and encapsulates a woman's journey from victimisation to reclaiming power.
Responding to women's social touch deprivation due to patriarchy, the tactility of the work engages viewers through interactive body motions as an activist force, sparking reflection and potential healing.
By treating these "objects" that embody women's longing and trauma as storytellers, the work demonstrates resistance against the objectification of women and positions the role of domestic craft as an active change-maker.
