REFERENDUM

REFERENDUM was an interactive sculpture consisting of six plexi ballot boxes, three egg crates, recycled paper "ballots," laser printed wallpaper, moveable walls, and Brooklyn Museum visitors.  Each installation measured 48"x 72" x 36" and was placed site-specifically in two locations in the museum as part of our larger making ourselves visible project.

REFERENDUM (2010) polled visitors to the Brooklyn Museum's lobby with, Do you call yourself a feminist? and Do you believe in equal rights for women? Then, visitors to the museum's Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art were asked to respond to the question, Do political movements bearing the same name have to retain some of their predecessors' principles in order to be visible in their contemporary moment?



lobby REFERENDUM image
Do you call yourself a feminist? received 302 YES answers and 334 NO.
Do you believe in equal rights for women? was answered with 324 YES and 13 NO.



Sackler REFERENDUM image
Do political movements bearing the same name have to retain some of
their predecessors' principles in order to be visible in their contemporary moment?
14 answered YES, 9 said NO.