In some cases, women are allowed only two drinks of water and one bathroom break per shift. Women are paid as little as six cents an hour and work ten to twelve hour shifts. Factories that employ the use of sweatshop labor perpetuate numerous injustices. They are some of the lowest paid workers in the world and have little to no rights, let alone choices.”Īccording to Feminists Against Sweatshops, “Companies that use sweatshop labor to increase their own profit margins are taking advantage of predominantly young women. It made me think, is this “girl power” – all this waste? I started looking into the effects of fast fashion and learned that it’s mostly women who work in garment factories. I noticed one T-shirt with “Girl Power” emblazoned on the front.
There was a sea of clothing on sale – rail after rail.
It was just after Christmas and I was wandering around a department store. Through my practice I consider how man-made structures and systems affect women.” - Suzie Blake told Bored Panda. “I created “Blood Mountain” in response to the fast fashion industry piggybacking on the feminist movement by way of feminist slogan Ts.My other projects include “The Wall of Shamed” (2017) and “What Does Breastfeeding Look Like?” (2016). More: Suzie Blake, Instagram, Facebook, Grau Project h/t: boredpanda Uncannily, this imposing red mass is being exhibited in a former garment factory warehouse, now Grau Projekt, in Melbourne, Australia. Fashion items, once hung in pristine department stores, now presented as a giant pile of landfill. Upon closer inspection t-shirts with feminist slogans like “Girl Power” and “The Future Is Female” can be seen poking through the debris. “Blood Mountain” is a sculptural installation featuring a 3-meter high mound of red clothing and apparel.
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