Hello Ruth, Thank you so much! What a wonderful list, that's an amazingly rich variety of work and I look forward to visiting and finding out more - I shall also point my students at this. Yes, I agree that 'visibility' of the work (or maybe 'hearability' in my field ;-) is so important. Within digital experimental music, and especially within teaching about this area (both inside and outside of the academy, I hasten to add) I still feel that the presence of women practitioners is particularly lacking, and the reasons are complex perhaps ...well, aren't they always - I don't *think* this is just my anecdotal sense, although I have no data on this (some has been collected however, a while back, that indicates this in the UK institutions at least).
best, Katharine on 26/02/2009 5:27 AM Ruth Catlow wrote: > Hi Kathryn, > > Thanks for your post. It got me thinking about how important the > visibility of other women's work is to me in my daily doings. There is > then something about a lot of this works' basis in networks that makes > me feel much more connected to it than I might be to work of other women > artists. > in the meantime I have been thinking about... > > Annie Abrahams - for one of my favourite early netart works, Separation > http://bram.org/separation - and for her networked performances > including the multiple series with panoplie > http://aabrahams.wordpress.com > > Daphne Dragona - curatorial work with networked consciousness in the > field of games art a - especially the amazing Homo Ludens Ludens at > Laboral > http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/05/homo-ludens-ludens-quick-conve.php > and her work with Personal Cinema > > Aurea Harvey - for her part with Entropy8Zuper in early intimate > networked performances http://entropy8zuper.org/wirefire and for Endless > Forest, Tale of Tales's bucolic social screensaver > http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest > > Mary Flanagan - for her energetic explorations as academic, educator, > artist and programmer at the intersection of games, art and feminism > and exploring collaborative approaches to thinking about values in > http://www.valuesatplay.org/ > > Aileen Derieg - her writing about life in the Freie Szene in Linz on the > Furtherfield blog http://blog.furtherfield.org/?q=blog/8 and > translations of writing at the intersection of art, technolgy and social > change. > > The De Geuzen crew - Renee Turner, Femke Snelting and Riek Sijbring - > especially for their project Female Icons > http://www.geuzen.org/female_icons/ > > Helen Varley Jamieson - for Upstage cyberformance platform > http://upstage.org.nz/blog/ > > Maja Kalogera - for some great digital artworks, curating exhibitions > and facilitating Upgrade in Zagreb http://www.wowm.org/site_v7/index.php > > Kate Southworth- her thinking on feminism/networks and her ongoing > artistic collaboration with Patrick Simon with Glorius Ninth > http://www.gloriousninth.net > > Ele Carpenter - http://www.elecarpenter.org.uk/ for tech inspired and > facilitated participation with Open Source Embroidery, her curatorial > project exploring artists practice that explores the relationship > between programming for embroidery and computing. > > Kate Rich - her imaginative, sideways and wonderfully parasitical > project, Feral Trade, for trading goods along social networks. She has > constructed a live shipping database, The Feral Trade Courier, "for a > freight network running outside commercial systems. The database offers > dedicated tracking of feral trade products in circulation, archives > every shipment and generates freight documents on the fly." > http://www.feraltrade.org/ > > Kale Brandon -For her part (with Kate Rich) in Cube Cola, the first > "open source soft drink" http://sparror.cubecinema.com/cube/cola and > (with Heath Bunting) in Border Xing > > Jess Loseby - her net art http://www.rssgallery.com/ and various > contributary projects especially Angry Women - Disturb the Peace > http://www.rssgallery.com/2006/12/01/angry-women-disturbthepeace/ > > Lucy Eyers - her work on the first Node.London season of media art > http://nodel.org and the low-fi netart locator http://www.low-fi.org.uk > and commissions > > Liza Haskel - early work in collaborative media art practices involving > critical engagement in the politics of technology > http://mediaartprojects.org.uk > > Francesca da Rimini/Gashgirl - early dirty cyberfeminism and current > exploratory work on "small media, soft ecologies" > http://www.sysx.org/gashgirl/ > > Hannah Higgins - her book Fluxus Experience - not strictly technological > but so closely connected in my mind to a more connected and distributed > art experience > > Lucy Lippard -for dematerialization of the art object, for offering > precursory context for net art but mainly for articulating the tensions > for women artists looking to work with parity in a patriarchal, market > driven art world > > Susy Gablick - her book Conversations before the end of time (not > overtly technological -but somehow contextual) > > Sadie Plant - her books 'Zeros and Ones' and though not strictly > technological, her book 'The Most Radical Gesture' about Situationism > seems relevant too > > Finally I just have to slip Bjork in there for all of her songs which > are full of blips and bleeps and glitches and technical experimentations > and for her video with Chris Cunningham - All is Full of Love > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA > > Of course there are lots of others and I am resisting the temptation to > add in a list of honorary women (yes men!) > > Finally I am excited by the prospect of attending Eclectic Tech Carnival > this year in September http://eclectictechcarnival.org/node/864 for a > "gathering of women interested in technology". It seems like a great > thing. Perhaps you should come too:) > > love and peace > Ruth > > -----Original Message----- > From: Katharine Norman <kathar...@stayconscious.com> > Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Ada Lovelace Day. > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:40:50 +0000 > > Hello Marc, Karen, > > Well, I tend to lurk....but now I think I have to write: > > I will be signing up - to write about: Pauline Oliveros, composer and > writer who has, through her work been a role model I, for one, needed, > as I studied and now teach as a composer/writer in the area of > experimental 'computer music'. > > I keep a piece she wrote about her university teaching experience near > me, where I can draw on it for strength.Perhaps a brief extract might be > of interest - this passage is a little out of context, but I think she > certainly nails some experiences others will know only too well Her > advice hails from her experience of US academia.. from the late 1960s on. > > 'A problem: Although there are pockets and waves of enlightenment in > some institutions women continue to be marginalized in music and > technology in institutions. They are rarely given teaching positions or > assistantships in technology and music composition. > > A solution: In order to restore the balance of power between all beings, > women have to acknowledge their secret feelings, devise coping > strategies to deal with men of power and privilege, bond with and > support one another in dedication to evoking the most positive and > creative personal and professional behavior from themselves and others > in every way that is possible. Creativity at all levels of society in > every possible action is the only solution to the evolution of > consciousness free of the limitations of fear' Pauline Oliveros, 'A > Former UCSD Professor Speaks Up' (first posted online to cec-discuss - > 1996 I think) > > For any woman, like myself, working in technologically based areas, > there are I think particular challenges - sadly, still - to expect. > After six years away from academia, I am back both to directing an > electronic music studio and to teach in the area of experimental digital > music (at City University London). And I come back find only one woman > in the sizeable postgraduate community, and few applying or taking > undergraduate electives. I understand from concerned male and female > professonal colleagues that the situation is no less dire elsewhere. > > My heart aches to change this, and my personal 'solution' has been to be > incremental and piecemeal, to engender local shifts of attitude, or > attempts at such - but I feel this is failure of a kind. As Marc so > ruefully and, I think, accurately, discerns the 'laziness' of - in this > case - academic structures is hard (but not impossible, I dream...and > hope ) to shake out of its complacency. But to my mind the roots lie > deeper ( and are more pervasive and embedded) than whether individuals > (male or female) 'bother' or not.. I would be very interested to know > what others have encountered in various contexts and their advice. > > - and my computer hard drive's name....well, Ada, of course ;-) > > best, > > Katharine > > on 22/02/2009 12:44 PM marc garrett wrote: > >> Hi Karen, >> >> Yes, I will definitely sign the pledge :-) >> >> Here's a snippet in respect of where I am coming from, which I wrote in >> the Crisis interview with the Open Source Art crew: >> >> "Issues such as war, religion, the climate change and the financial >> crisis are all linked. To define any of them as coming from a singular >> root cause would be too easy, yet I do feel there is a deep rooted >> problem that needs serious observation. It is part of the crisis and a >> puzzle, hard-wired into humanity’s psyche, it exists everywhere. All of >> our cultures through history have failed to actively incorporate as >> equal, a feminine perspective, usually leaving women out of the decision >> making process as much as possible, unless they abide within the rules >> of a masculine orientated framework. Even though many women have managed >> to become part of life’s institutional infrastructures, they still have >> to behave according to patriarchal demands. This is because a >> fundamental male code of conduct has already been set in place as >> default long before any women have had a decent chance to challenge >> these unbalanced conditions." http://www.interviewingthecrisis.org/?p=27 >> >> I feel that we need more evolutionary approaches which are informed by >> and relate more to human related contexts, so to transcend the typical >> and lazy, male dominated, monotheist imposed structures (religious or >> institutional). Like yourself maybe? >> >> marc >> >> >> Hello Marc, >> Thank you for being one of the few males bothering about this - will you >> be place a pledge? >> >> Karen... >> >> Pledge "AdaLovelaceDay" >> >> >> "I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in >> technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same." >> >> — Suw Charman-Anderson (contact) >> >> Deadline to sign up by: 24th March 2009 >> 1,341 people have signed up (341 over target) >> >> More details >> Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention >> to women excelling in technology. Women's contributions often go >> unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely >> recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines. >> Whatever she does, whether she is a sysadmin or a tech entrepreneur, a >> programmer or a designer, developing software or hardware, a tech >> journalist or a tech consultant, we want to celebrate her achievements. >> >> It doesn't matter how new or old your blog is, what gender you are, what >> language you blog in, or what you normally blog about - everyone is >> invited to take part. All you need to do is sign up to this pledge and >> then publish your blog post any time on Tuesday 24th March 2009. If >> you're going to be away that day, feel free to write your post in >> advance and set your blogging system to publish it that day. >> >> We will gather as many of the posts together on the day as we can, and >> we'll let you know exactly how we're going to do that nearer the time. >> For ongoing updates about Ada Lovelace day, please follow us on Twitter, >> join our mailing list or see our blog. >> >> http://findingada.com/ >> http://twitter.com/FindingAda >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/findingada >> >> Who was Ada? >> Ada Lovelace was one of the world's first computer programmers, and one >> of the first people to see computers as more than just a machine for >> doing sums. She wrote programmes for Charles Babbage's Analytical >> Engine, a general-purpose computing machine, despite the fact that it >> was never built. She also wrote the very first description of a computer >> and of software. >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM, marc garrett >> <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote: >> >> Ada Lovelace Day. >> >> Bringing women in technology to the fore. >> >> I've mainly stayed away from the discussion of gender issues in >> technology. I didn't think that I had any real expertise to share. But >> over the last six months, after many conversations, it has become clear >> that many of my female friends in tech really do feel disempowered. They >> feel invisible, lacking in confidence, and unsure how to compete for >> attention with the men around them. >> >> Then I see the stupid puerile misogynistic manner with which some of the >> more powerful voices in the tech community - some of them repeat >> offenders - treat women, and it makes me very cross indeed. The >> objectification of women is bad enough when it's done by the media, but >> when it's done by a conference organiser or tech commentator or famous >> tech publication, what message does it send? Nothing but "You will never >> be taken seriously, but we might take notice of you if you're hot." >> >> But what to do? Well, let's pull back from the anger a little, and start >> to look instead at why it might be that women feel less secure in their >> abilities than most men, and what might help change that. Undoubtedly >> it's a complex issue, but recent research may shed some light: >> Psychologist Penelope Lockwood discovered that women need to see female >> role models more than men need to see male ones. >> >> more... >> http://findingada.com/blog/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/ >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour. >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
