Visual Assault
Artist and photographer Zoe Buckman sets off to find out how other female artists around the world are reacting and responding to sexual discrimination and violence.
Artist and photographer Zoe Buckman recently installed a giant neon uterus with boxing gloves overlooking Hollywood. It鈥檚 feminist and it鈥檚 fierce.
In the wake of a turbulent year for women and women鈥檚 rights, Zoe sets off to find out how other female artists around the world are reacting and responding to sexual discrimination and violence.
Installation artist Mireille Honein suspended wedding dresses by nooses on Beirut's beachfront to draw attention to a law which allowed rapists to escape punishment if they married their victim.
The Saudi artist Ms Saffaa plasters walls with murals and portraits of Saudi activists in protest at her country鈥檚 guardianship laws.
In her studio in Brooklyn, Zoe brings together artist and photographer Lorna Simpson, and sculptor Patricia Cronin in a conversation about how far art can go in breaking boundaries, if it can make others listen, and if it can bring about change.
Presenter: Zoe Buckman
Producer: Georgia Catt
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