Collage from newspaper cuttings from 2017 and 2018 about women in sport.. .Description provided by the artist: 'Women are participating in sport. This is a historical conquest as women have not been always allowed to participate in sport. Nevertheless, the increasingly current participation of women has not implied the transformation of sport as a male dominated sphere. Moreover, as a mean to ensure the dominion of men and patriarchal structures in sport, the presence of women, despite the lower in comparison to men - especially at the competitive level-, has been used to proclaim, that equality has already been achieved: in this way, any transformation seems to be needed. In this context, it is important to say not only that sport remains as a male sphere, but also that the presence of women remains precarious and that equality has not been achieved.'. .This artwork is part of the project Footnotes on Equality: http://footnotesonequality.eu/all/
The collage contains images of women in sport gathered in English newspapers during the last months of 2017 and the first months of 2018. These images are 'framed' by headlines that make reference to sexual violence against women in the sport context and beyond. At the centre of the collage, there is a headline that says, 'United in a plea for equality and freedom from violence', as a way to depict the demands for equality made by women in sport and which have been taken place in a context of violence.. .This artwork is part of the project Footnotes on Equality: http://footnotesonequality.eu/all/