Illuminating Perspectives through Critical Visual Literacy: 56th Annual IVLA Con

Critical Visual Literacy or CVL, is a multidisciplinary pilot subject at a Victorian Government School in Australia. CVL empowers 14-15 year old students with a deeper understanding of  multiple art histories, social theories and representational technologies that shape images they both consume and create. The ultimate aim of CVL is to 'flip the switch' from the unconscious or passive participation in meaning-making among students to an active, conscious command of visual language with a critical lens to survey their image-dense realities.