The exhibition “Audiovisual A/r/tography Laboratories. A New Approach to Visual Arts and Art Education” is part of the results of the Teaching Innovation Project (PID) “Visual A/r/tography Laboratories for the Implementation of Audiovisual Narratives as a Tool for the Teaching and Learning of Visual Arts in Teacher Education” and focuses on the creation of a context for interconnection and experimentation in artistic practice, audiovisual research, and education.

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The concept of the Laboratory has been present since the early days of cinema in the training of professionals and in the experimentation with new media and tools associated with cinematographic development. Over the past decade, this concept has been revisited to address experimental projects and dynamics related to audiovisual education and research, particularly within educational and artistic contexts. In this sense, the term laboratory refers to a space for audiovisual creation and experimentation.

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The methodological approach of A/r/tography, developed by Rita Irwin in 2003, proposes connecting artistic, research, and educational practice along a single axis within Arts-Based Research (ABR). This has made it one of the most innovative methodological approaches in the current field of Art Education, particularly in relation to the community-based, participatory, and socially engaged trends that have emerged in contemporary art in recent years.

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Audiovisual A/r/tography Laboratories constitute a methodological tool for addressing three main areas. First, the creation of audiovisual narratives as a means of accessing and working with different areas of content in teacher education. Second, training in the use of methodological tools based on audiovisual A/r/tography, together with their application and the analysis of their results. Finally, the development of innovative experiences within regular teaching practice as an ongoing process of improving teaching methodologies.

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Through this project, we also propose an exchange among professionals working in research, education, and audiovisual creation, with the aim of consolidating approaches to practice, making other projects visible, and drawing on internationally recognized examples of innovation in these practices.

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As a means of transferring and disseminating the results, we present this exhibition at Sala La Empírica, featuring works produced in the different laboratories that form part of the project, together with the coverage of the 11th Edition of the A/r/tographic International Exhibition of Video Narratives.