2010: “This artistic project rooted in feminist / gender questions was initiated in 2005 by the artist Carla Cruz. All My Independent Women is the result of an invitation by Lígia Araão to exhibit at SMS – Museum of Archaeology Martins Sarmento Society in Guimarães. The proposal was to make a collective exhibition around the work of artists who work from a feminist perspective or problematizing gender, works, which somehow, were part of the context of artistic production of Cruz. The Dicionário de Crítica Feminista, ed. by Ana Gabriela Macedo and Ana Luísa Amaral served as a leitmotiv of the exhibition. The exhibition was subsequently presented at the bookstore 100ª Página in Braga, at the invitation of Ana Gabriela Macedo for the launch of that Dictionary; at EIRA 33 space at the invitation of João Manuel de Oliveira, Lisbon; and at the House of Culture of Trofa at the invitation of Antónia Serra. The idea of presenting once again the project All My Independent Women emerged from rereading the book New Portuguese Letters by Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa. This mythical book, Cornerstone of the feminist cause in Portugal, is the starting point for a project with new works that intend to discuss both feminist themes in the work of each author, as the temporal and spatial perspective on the history of New Portuguese Letters. Departing from this book and the events related to it, we established a debate about feminism and feminist art in Portugal, the project will consist of the proposals of the several artists invited, that will traverse visual and performative languages, audio and writing, and will take place in various spaces of CASA DA ESQUINA, and the spaces of partner association, in the cities of Coimbra, Porto and even in the virtual reality. In the future the project will be presented in Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with VBKÖ (Austrian Association of Women Artists) at the invitation of Rudolfine Lackner.”
see AMIW
see Casa da Esquina
see Gallery SMS
see AMIW @ VBKÖ
see VBKÖ
see AMIW 2012
