Dans Bain

www.dansbain.com

Danielle Bain is an inter-disciplinary artist, who focuses on social justice, inclusion, and personal narratives. Her practice is collaborative, bringing depth and texture to the stories that emerge. Bain’s work is broadly accessible, and holds audiences in immersive contemplation, leaving echoes in the consciousness long after viewing.

Content Warning: This project mentions violence against women and children. This project also contains the names of some deceased Indigenous women and children lost to male violence.

The Lost Petition is a 30-metre fabric shroud listing women and children who have lost their lives to male violence in Australia since 2008 and is an ongoing project.

These women and children can no longer vote, they have unjustly lost their right for representation and to have their voices heard by our government. Their right to suffrage, that was fought for and won by brave women, did not protect them from male violence.

Please note: This work is underpinned by the research by Sherele Moody of The Red Heart Campaign and the Australian Femicide and Child Death Map.