Force: on the culture of rape

To prevent rape, our discussion cannot be one dimensional. We need a conversation that goes beyond “Rape is wrong”. We need to ask more difficult questions of what in our society and in ourselves produces sex as violence. FORCE: on the Culture of Rape is a collection of art, performance, discussion, and critique about unwanted sexual experience. FORCE seeks to promote a critical discussion about how our attitudes towards gender, sex, power and violence are played out on people's bodies.

We are taking submission of completed work and proposals for new work including drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, video, performance and new media. Please send submissions to [email protected] by Sept 1, 2010. Include artist name, artist bio, title of work, medium, dimensions (duration for performance or video), paragraph description and 1-2 images. FORCE will be at the Annex Theatre Gallery for October 2010. Opening reception Oct 1 at 7pm.