In the name of Moon, We won't forgive it!

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In the name of Moon, I won't forgive it!

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In the name of Moon, We won't forgive it! :｡･:*:･ﾟ’★,｡･:*:･ﾟ’☆ ✧✧✧✧✧✧ In the name of Moon, I won't forgive it! :｡･:*:･ﾟ’★,｡･:*:･ﾟ’☆

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This project explores microaggression, care, and resistance through two interconnected phases:

  1. In a wearable electronics workshop, participants use conductive textiles and simple circuits to create sound-emitting accessories that respond to uncomfortable social encounters.

  2. An AR platform functioning as an annotated reality: a narrative archive and spatial network of collective experiences, mapped and layered through digital interaction.

Originally developed during a residency at Ada X (Montréal) in 2023, the project continues to grow through workshops and exhibitions, including its current iteration at Struts Gallery (Sackville) in 2025 and an upcoming presentation in ZK/U(Berlin) in 2026.

Additional materials such as a workshop guide, images, and Chloe’s curatorial text are included below.

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A Sound that fights for you


By Chloë Lalonde

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” – Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light, 1988.

“You know what is worse than being rude and damaging things that aren’t yours? People who think nothing of other people’s feelings.” – Sailor Moon, Punishment Awaits: the House of Fortune Is The Monster Mansion, 1992.

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Usagi Tsukino wakes up late, rushes off to school and saves a cat from a group of young boys who have stuck bandages on its head, covering a magical crescent moon. The cat, Luna, later goes to find Usagi, entrusting her with a powerful crest and her first mission as Sailor Moon. Usagi is told by her peers that she needs to learn self-control, and by transforming into Sailor Moon, she is adorned in jewellery that is not only beautiful, but that serves to protect her.

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Microaggressions are often perpetrated by people who do not have bad intentions and genuinely do not know that their actions and words are harmful, but an accumulation of microaggressions can be emotionally and physically exhausting. Left unaddressed, microaggressions can lead to macroaggressions, harassment, and hate crimes.

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Portrayed as someone hypersensitive and overemotional, Sailor Moon has become an icon for hyperfemininity, care and bravery whose qualities turn to her favour when facing such villains. Drawing out on these tropes, Ahreum Lee’s workshop, In the name of Moon, I won’t forgive it, uses tech to imbue power and energy into accessories, giving them ability to effect change with noise, and the wearer confidence to face the “bad guys.”

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Seeking tools and techniques for responding to microaggressions and inspired by Sailor Moon, Lee’s artistic research draws from two core texts, Microintervention Strategies: What You Can Do to Disarm and Dismantle Individual and Systemic Racism and Bias by Derald Wing Sue (2020), and Overcoming Everyday Racism: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions by Susan Collins (2019). In the name of Moon, I won’t forgive it developed in response to this research.

By placing emphasis on the targets, allies and bystanders of microaggressions, Lee’s work fosters community building and problem solving through co-creation and speculative design, channelling care and self-preservation through merging adornment and technology. The act of collectively designing accessories creates discussion, allowing participants to exchange their experiences and dissolve mechanisms of daily microaggressions.

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Following the guidelines designed by the artist that outline situations and solutions, participants design objects that store sounds activated by certain gestures and actions. These can include a sound that you own, a sound that you deliver, or a sound that fights for you — whether laughter, swearing, spell or song.

Bio
Chloë Lalonde, based in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montreal, is an MFA candidate in Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. As a multidisciplinary artist and cultural worker, their interest in sustainability, mediums, and matter ground their practice-based research.

  • Workshop Sheet 1

    Workshop Sheet 1

    Workshop Discussion on the microagression situation + rolling paper

  • Workshop Documentation

    (2023) At Ada X : Photo by Tyra Maria Trono

  • Workshop Sheet 2

    Discussion on microaggression and how to respond and share the healing tips

  • Workshop Documentation

    (2023) At Ada X : Photo by Tyra Maria Trono
    - Working on the fabric speaker

  • Workshop Sheet 3

  • Whorshop Sheet 4

    This is for the design your own accessory!

  • Workshop Documentation

    (2023) At Ada X : Photo by Tyra Maria Trono

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾AR Platform is coming..☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

The second phase of this project will take the form of an augmented reality (AR) platform—an annotated reality where users can access and contribute to a growing network of stories tied to lived experiences of microaggressions, care, and resistance. Through geolocated markers, sound, and visual overlays, the platform will create an interactive, collective archive layered onto physical space.

A mock-up is shown below. The full version is currently in development, and I’m in the process of applying for grants to support future collaborations.
If you’re interested in being part of this project, please email me—I’d love to keep you in the loop.

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