“A Satellite in the Head”: the possibilities of remote audiovisual languages in the context of the pandemic

Abstract

This article’s objective is to present an investigation on the possibilities of audiovisual languages in the environment of long-distance learning. The theoretical references related to art education and audiovisual languages were Albuquerque (2012), Base Nacional Comum Curricular (The Brazilian Common Curriculum; 2018), Barbosa (2000), Barbosa e Amaral (2008), Fernandes, Henn e Kist (2020), Peruzzo (2018), Pimentel (2011), Rachel (2014), among others. The study was carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic, when, due to the restrictions of social distancing to avoid the transmission of the virus, the meetings, conducted with High School students, in the first semester of 2020, in a community school, in the Vale dos Sinos region, took place via remote teaching. The grade chosen to develop the activities and projects aimed at the teaching of audiovisual languages was the senior year of high school, and the students were free to choose whether or not they would participate. In total, four classes in the online environment were performed, in which the concepts and activities regarding audiovisual languages were developed with the students. It was possible to determine, by means of the data collected in this research, the importance of rethinking and adapting the methods of teaching in remote learning environments, encompassing the large repertoire of consumption and tools of production of audiovisual artistic material which, when provided to the students, act as enhancers of their artistic practice. The student’s productions were not the only material considered for the reflection and construction of this research, but also the moments and exchanges that took place throughout the meetings.