Re: nettime Introducing Daria: An autonomous software artist

2005-02-17 Thread Dan S. Wang
Hi Brian, It's a good question why Daria is a she? The short answer is that it follows a long line of precedence of men naming and referring to their machines as female. To a certain extent, this female-biased gender association is less apparent in computers (particularly large networks),

nettime Introducing Daria: An autonomous software artist

2005-02-16 Thread brian lee dae yung
This may be of interest to those involved with new media, generative art, autonomous systems, and/or matrix-style paranoia. Daria is an autonomous software artist that creates art for users in real-time on her site. As an autonomous entity, she is responsible for her own bills (hosting,

Re: nettime Introducing Daria: An autonomous software artist

2005-02-16 Thread Dan S. Wang
What makes Daria a she? Does it have something to do with all the collaged naked female breasts in her art works? Could we say that her governing algorithm is gendered? dsw This may be of interest to those involved with new media, generative art, autonomous systems, and/or matrix-style

Re: nettime Introducing Daria: An autonomous software artist

2005-02-16 Thread brian lee dae yung
Dan: Thanks for replying to my post. I've taken the liberty to CC-ing the list, as I think this discussion raises interesting points. It's a good question why Daria is a she? The short answer is that it follows a long line of precedence of men naming and referring to their machines as female. To