Artist Alexey Brodovitch’s use of motion blur, high contrast, and fragmented moments inspired my collage approach, where incomplete imagery symbolizes fractured memory, emotional turbulence, and the hidden struggle survivors face. I translated the blurred, ghostly qualities in his work about ballets into a metaphor for memory, fear, and dissociation in my imagery. This depicts assault through mood and movement rather than explicit depiction.
I chose red typography to convey the angry and violent energy of rape, along with dark grays and blacks to represent a feeling of darkness and hopelessness. The final 2 posts (“YOU ARE NOT ALONE” and “SILENCE ENDS WITH US”) have a lighter background, showing that there’s light at the end of the dark tunnel and that survivors are never alone.
