Paula Tavares, Artist, professor and researcher. Phd in Fine Arts, with the thesis “The complex relationship between art and politics in Western culture. The political art as institutional contradiction.” Her research interests are in fine arts and design, autonomous disciplines linked by drawing. She is the Director of the Research Laboratory, Production and Perception [LIPP], and belongs to Modo Group (http://www.anamnese.pt/?projecto=az). Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and the Ave and Head of Department of Design. Coordinator Professor at the Superior School of Arts of Porto in Guimarães [ESAP-GMR].