Video art as a tool in the service of feminist criticism (1960-2000). Origins and evolution.
Abstract
Whether as a means of social, political, feminist criticism, at the service of the exploration of one's own identity or as an instrument of conceptual and formal experimentation, video art emerges as an alternative to television, breaking with its usual messages and granting a new significant and subjective freedom for the construction of images. This article is an approach to the beginnings of this feminist artistic discipline, which made valuable contributions to the process of breaking with the traditional role of women and which we consider fundamental to review due to the intense work done by video artists in using art as a means of social denunciation and as a tool to question the identity of women established since time immemorial. Through their works and being aware of stereotypes and social and cultural constructions, they acquire a growing empowerment.
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