DIGITAL BASKET: MULTIMEDIA LABS FOR GENDER EQUALITY

The artistic work I develop for DIGITAL BASKET with my students and community is structured as an interactive digital archive, designed to document, make available and promote artistic creation practices related to gender equality. It is part of an art-based research project "Gender in Art" coordinated by me and Aida Rechena, of the Centre for Art History and Artistic Research of the University of Évora, and the central objectives of the project are:
1. The co-creation of multimedia and digital artworks, involving students and community members, using basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, with an emphasis on gender equality issues. These works are then disseminated through the website and travelling exhibitions, promoting the visibility of the participants' experiences and perspectives;
2. The empowerment of girls and women in the community, equipping them with skills in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and multimedia art, with a view to countering the trend of their declining participation in digital society and combating the forms of subordination and marginalisation resulting from this exclusion.