My Echo, My Shadow and Me

'My Echo, My Shadow and Me' is an art and social project on the topic of how digital culture influences the identity of younger generations and how technological tools (e.g. cameras, smartphones and social media) can be used as a method of investigation and understanding of the self and one’s own community. The project has regular autobiographical workshops at its core, led by artist and facilitator Cristina Nuñez between February and June 2022, and involving groups of local young people (15-26) that will produce participative artworks with an autobiographical focus and a social ethos. The workshops will involve three groups:  

1: Young people with addictions, in collaboration with Impuls Association.  

2: Young immigrant workers, in collaboration with Ryse and Passarell Associations.

3: Adolescents at a local secondary school.  

Nuñez will hold all the SPEX workshops, assisted by a small group of young local people, who will be trained as SPEX facilitators by Nuñez in 2021. Professionals and social workers who work with youth will also attend a SPEX workshop in 2021 (see project dossier).   

Additionally, the groups will meet with curator Carolina Lio on how participative art helps shaping communities and empowering youth; the group will meet again with Lio to prepare an exhibition presenting the outcome of the workshops. The exhibition will be held at the University of Luxembourg in Esch, made accessible online through a dedicated website, and accompanied by a publication.

Text provided by the project partner