Repository 216: Domestic Violence Month | October

At the beginning of this month I posted an essay about art interrogating the home, what it means and how it feels, and how we deparately need to make private matters public. I didn't realize it was Domestic Violence Awareness month. In honor of this, and with a hope for progress on healing these private wounds, I'm sharing with you  a project I started in 2011. I hope this can be printed out, large scale, perhaps in letterpress and framed beautifully. The piece would reside in a restaurant, or other public space where everyone must confront it. If you are reading this and would like to help me, please reach out. Peace - CatherineThis link will take you to the "poster":Domestic Departures IndexSources for statistics:

http://ncadv.org

http://www.clicktoempower.org/domestic-violence-facts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_in_the_United_States#Over_a_year

http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf