Lauren Rosenberg

RMIT Bachelor of Textiles (Design)

Let’s go protest the world is an interactive installation about (em)power(ment) and inclusion; a catalyst for viewers to think about their roles in Disability (access), Climate Change and general acts of standing up for what they believe in.

Created as an antithesis to traditional no-touch galleries, it asks the audience to engage — mentally and physically — with a simple question:

What does protest mean to you?

Let’s go protest the world is about audience participation well after the (quilted) newspaper has been read, the bag and hats have been rotated out, and the placard thrown away.

Let’s go protest the world is an interactive installation about (em)power(ment) and inclusion; a catalyst for viewers to think about their roles in Disability (access), Climate Change and general acts of standing up for what they believe in.

Created as an antithesis to traditional no-touch galleries, it asks the audience to engage — mentally and physically — with a simple question:

What does protest mean to you?

Let’s go protest the world is about audience participation well after the (quilted) newspaper has been read, the bag and hats have been rotated out, and the placard thrown away.

Don’t forget your tote bag | Close-up of a screen-printed bag and machine- embroidered hat, with the top of a curtain in the background | Cotton canvas, screen printing inks and foil, (secondhand) ricrac, webbing, polyester thread, cotton/silk fabric, 100% cotton hat.

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