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Cliteracy

A Different Kind of Literacy: Art Show "Cliteracy" Hits NYC This Weekend

Art and Design post by Molly McArdle on March 8, 2013 - 4:18pm; tagged Cliteracy, feminist art, New York, Sophia Wallace.

Cliteracy as a neon sign in front of a text-covered wall

You’ll have to forgive the puns. “Cliteracy,” for one: a knowledge of women’s bodies and female sexuality. “Phallusy,” for another: patriarchal misinformation. At Baang + Burne’s booth at Scope NYC (one of the many fairs in New York for Armory Week), artist Sophia Wallace rewrites the language of women’s bodies, of female pleasure, of (you guessed it) the clit.

Her immersive installation, Cliteracy, features a wall of “Natural Laws” that dominates the space and its viewers, suspended neon text, and a series of posters that read like dictionary definitions, eye sight tests, or political slogans. Wallace’s medium here is all text, whether it illuminates, acts as reference, or forces viewers to squint.

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