I’m terrified of becoming a headline’

An exhibition responding to GBV in Ireland

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ID15749112
AuthorsRichard Scriven (0000-0002-4022-1655, University College Cork, corresponding author), Maria Murray (0000-0001-6189-339X, Munster Technological University), Claire Coughlan (Munster Technological University), Helen O’Keeffe (Munster Technological University), Molly Sterling
Year2024
Volume9
Issue1
Pages142-152
Publication date2024-08-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender-Based Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2398-6808 • E-ISSN: 2398-6816
PublisherPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/23986808y2024d000000044
OpenAlexW4401448290
LanguageEN
References cited15

Creative responses to societal issues can be used to highlight topics, provoke discussion, and encourage solutions. Art can take on a multiplicity of roles in response to gender-based violence from enabling individuals with personal experience sharing their stories to critiquing media/political representations. The ‘I’m terrified of becoming a headline’ exhibition (Munster Technological University Gallery Cork, Ireland, April/May 2022) deployed poetry and song, in written and recorded performance formats, newspaper headlines, and interactive spaces to further renew discussion of gender-based violence in Ireland. This article considers the installation’s role by connecting our reflections and feedback from participants with larger discussions of creativity as a process to foster progress in addressing gender-based violence

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