Abstract
My participatory visual inquiry focuses on a feminist augmented reality (AR) intervention in a patriarchal space, a university town tavern decorated with woman-animal hybrid works of art that embody the male gaze and the objectification/commodification of women's bodies within a culture of normalized gender-based/sexual violence. I introduce how my intervention began with an affective encounter, which stoked my feminist consciousness, leading to a “feminist killjoy” impulse and learning of other tavern goers’ interpretations of the art. Additionally, I discuss how my re-invention of the paintings, which involved layering tavern patrons’ audio commentary over the images using AR, offers opportunities for feminist intervention by inviting feminist solidarity in a patriarchal space.
