Eden Rafuse

Cat Call Series

Drawing
2020
Marker, Paper, Panel and Hosiery
4" x 6.5"
Based off Rafuse's personal experiences of Sexual Harassment around the GTA. Each drawing is a location where Rafuse experienced sexual harassment. The hosiery stretched over each drawing represents the sexualized lens of the aggressors within each situation and Rafuse's perspective lens of these locations since the incidences.

“"Hey Girly" ( Cat Call Series), 2020Marker, Paper, Panel and Fishnet Tights"Aahwoolahoolakaa" (Cat Call Series), 2020Marker, Paper, Panel and Acrylic tights"I Don't See A Ring" (Cat Call Series), 2020Marker, Paper, Panel and PantyhoseFew things are as uncomfortable as receiving aggressive cat calls, Eden Rafuse try's to process some of their most dangerous and uncomfortable cat calling experiences through the three drawings in the series. Each piece is titled with the opening line of the cat call and features the location it happened in. As the tights were something Rafuse had to wear for their job it often warranted unwanted attention, even though the tights were sighted in the workplaces dress code as a reflection of modesty.”

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Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series
Cat Call Series

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Eden Rafuse

Drawing, Painting and Animation

“A Drawing and Painting Graduate who has dipped their toe in every medium pond. Expanding into 2D Stop Motion Animation. Eden's favorite mediums are cut paper, paint, plant materials and anything with...” [More]