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Art direction
Visual Identity
Graphic Design
CRIVO — Festival Mulheres Compositoras
(Women Composers Festival) celebrates the work of woman composers from the Middle Ages to the present day. From Hildegard von Bingen to Florence Price, what emerged was not a list of historical footnotes, but a powerful, continuous lineage of creativity that had long gone unheard in concert halls, programmes, and public discourse.
CRIVO began to take shape in 2023, when Luísa Correia da Silva enrolled in a postgraduate classical music course. In the classroom, under the guidance of musicologist Inês Thomas Almeida, she encountered the works — and overlooked legacies — of women composers across centuries.CRIVO began to take shape in 2023, when the director Luísa Correia da Silva enrolled in a postgraduate classical music course. In the classroom, under the guidance of musicologist Inês Thomas Almeida, she encountered the works — and overlooked legacies — of women composers across centuries. The name CRIVO (Portuguese for “sieve” or “filter”) refers to the historical process that excluded these women from recognition. For generations, they did not “pass the crivo” — not due to a lack of talent or vision, but because they were women.
As lead designer overseeing art direction, graphic, web, and motion design, I approached the project with the belief that these composers’ contributions are already integral to music history. Rather than framing the work around fairness or inclusion, the goal was simply to reveal what has always been present: women as visionaries, innovators, and foundational figures.
The visual language draws from the forms of composition and sound without relying on literal or explanatory imagery. It doesn’t footnote or justify these women’s legitimacy; instead, it behaves like a creative, expressive gesture — structured yet open, suggesting rhythm and composition while leaving room for nuance and authorship.