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January 24, 2012  |  Contemporary Galleries: 1980–Now, Design
Suited for Subversion…and Peace, Love, and Understanding

Posted by Pamela Popeson, Department Preparator, Department of Architecture and Design

Ralph Borland. Suited for Subversion. 2002. Nylon-reinforced PVC, padding, speaker, and pulse reader. Fund for the Twenty-First Century. Photos by Ralph Borland and Pieter Hugo

Ralph Borland designed Suited for Subversion as a protest tool that could provide protection from police batons during protest events, and at the same time serve to creatively disarm any baton wielders that protesters might confront. Read more

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