Vasco Gil


Portuguese Film and Animation Director and, specially, a non-stop multidisciplinary artist.

POESIA ANIMADA

-Short-Animation for a bigger project
Small animation done for a community project created by Garotas do Motion, called Poesia Animada, about gender violence with various perspectives about the subject.




The animation begins with a red line, a symbol of boundaries, of domestic labor imposed on women, and of the fragility of life in the face of gender-based violence — often occurring within the home, both physically and psychologically. After the line breaks, it gives way to the symbol of gender fluidity, representing the shared struggle among women, trans, and non-binary people, and how these fights are intertwined and carried collectively by those who belong to the same social fabric. This form then transforms into a Palestinian keffiyeh blowing in the wind, evoking how gender and violence also intersect with contexts of war and domination. Finally, the keffiyeh becomes a manta ray, metaphorically embodying protection within a collective atmosphere and criticizing the symbolic and superficial representation of gender. Fragments of Lélia Gonzalez’s voice accompany the piece, reflecting on how this struggle must follow us in all spaces — including in work and creative practice.





2025
w.gillart@gmail.com


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