Artist to turn women's stories of attacks into artworks to spark gender violence conversation

Limerick artist Shirani Bolle was motivated by male aggression she experienced in the week of the killing of school teacher Ashling Murphy

Shirani Bolle hopes that by seeing the common threads between the range of stories, people will be able to recognise and challenge the culture that allows male violence to persist and fester. File photo

An artist is collecting women’s stories about male violence and making art to reflect them and spark conversations about Ireland’s culture of gender violence.

Male aggression experienced by Limerick artist Shirani Bolle in the week of the killing of school teacher Ashling Murphy while out for a run prompted the project.