donna kuhn! http://digitalaardvarks.blogspot.com/
m. --- On Sun, 3/1/09, Katharine Norman <kathar...@stayconscious.com> wrote: > From: Katharine Norman <kathar...@stayconscious.com> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Ada Lovelace Day. > To: ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org, "NetBehaviour for networked distributed > creativity" <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 9:59 AM > 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 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
