HER VOTE

Multimedia Art Project by Caroline Voagen Nelson
Installation / Set Design by CUPALOY Studio

Premiered at Culture Lab, Long Island City, NYC, 2020
Exhibited at AHA Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, 2024

Her Vote is a multimedia project developed in honor of the 100 years anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in the United States. The project has encompassed site-specific projection-mapped installations, an animated book about notable suffragists, and augmented reality prints. In this installation, CUPALOY Studio designed and installed an intricate clothing line, referencing a film set within the setting of early silent film cinema. The set is inspired by clothing lines strung between neighboring apartment buildings during the early 20th century of New York City. The collection of clothing sourced is a combination of authentic period garments (courtesy of Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing, LLC) and contemporary pieces reminiscent of the Edwardian era. Visitors are invited to sit in the theater and gaze up at the clothing of communities connected within an intricate infrastructure of ropes and pulleys. The installation is site-specific and modular to fit in various venues, such as its installation at the vast space of Culture Lab in Long Island City and in an intimate room at AHA Gallery in Chelsea.