[M]ary
[E]lizabeth
[B]oatey
is a [designer] studying graphic design, photography, and textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design.
[01] ENYE ABOFRA NSEM
[02] SINK OR SWIM
[03] LATTICE
[04] LATTICE
[05] THE INDY
[06] WALTZ
[08] TRINK
[09] A SEAT AT THE TABLE
[10] “PADIKI”
[11] INTERSTICE
[12] CONVERSA DE SENHORAS
[13] HSK&T
Also see PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE
[12] CONVERSA DE SENHORAS: Experimental Publication
An accordion tunnel book that guides the reader through stages of a flower, bud to bloom to wilt, while unfolding the poem Conversa de Senhoras by Ana Cristina Cesar. As a key figure of Brazil’s poesia marginal during the Cold War era, Cesar used intimate, fragmented women’s speech as a subtle form of resistance under censorship. The book turns reading into a physical passage, echoing how private voices carried meaning, care, and critique in constrained political climates.
BROWN UNIVERSITY
CROSS REGISTRATION STUDIES
COURSE: Gender and Sexuality in the Cold War Americas