good on you furtherfield for, as usual, taking the risk :) it's an important critique that should be made, & it would be interesting to hear more - from others who were there, perhaps from ars electronica too.
h : ) On 17/09/16 12:39 21PM, marc garrett wrote: > Hi Johannes, > > Thanks for your response, > > It is reassuring that the 'Technology is Not Neutral' show has been > happening in Brighton and I wish that I'd to the time to be there. > But, like yourself I've been too busy what with doing Furtherfield > things, and my PhD. > > > It includes significant and newly commissioned work by pioneering > >and contemporary female digital artists, spanning a wide range of > >themes and approaches. > > Usually, I bulk at words like 'pioneering', they tend to m,ake me feel > ill isnide -- but, if you've been kept down by: totalitarianism, > sexism, hegemony, suppression, or an established elite - getting > around these blockages means you're definitely worthy of upmost > respect, as well as being seen as pioneering ;-) > > Getting back to your comments regarding the Ars Electronica 2016 > Review by KissMyArs on Furtherfield. Featuring it on the site is a > risk because we are not rich and do not have the institutional power > or resources that Ars Electronica has. And, many of the traditional > groups out there may see this as a step too far. However, as one > individual said on Twitter "Thanks #KissMyArs for writing on > @furtherfield what many of us have been whispering 4 years about..." > > And, this is part of the point which is also a big problem that, too > many are too quiet until it's too late to do something about it, and > when someone (or many) does speak out about these matters, they are > more likely to get attacked because to them it feels like you're being > unjust, rude or horrible. It was the same when the Sex Pistols & peer > punks challenged the establishment. > > Of course, the review and its critique on ars Electronica is a bit > like an ant bumping into a tank. > > They'll survive, the establishment is banking on it ;-) > > Wishing you well. > > marc > > On 16 September 2016 at 18:42, Johannes Birringer > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > dear all > oh, are the techno-sorcerers at it again in Linz? the alchemists > of our time? > thanks for sharing this review with us, I was not aware (of the > writer) but glancing at the review i see the critique spelled out > in the last > segment -- > > > > The lack of social awareness and engagement of issues surrounding > our time have begun to impinge on the festival itself, and an > awareness campaign called #kissmyars is voicing concerns over the > lack of female representation at the festival, particularly in the > prix art prize which is awarded to men 9/10 times. The gender > diversity in technology sector should no longer be ignored; this > is one example of a socio-political issue not only overlooked at > the festival program but also exacerbated by the organisation > itself. I hope that the #KissMyArs campaign will not only > rebalance the gender inequality at the event but also encourage > the organisers to address other alarming realisations that operate > within and around the application of technology in the social, > political and economic sphere... > >> > > Can I, in this connection, mention an exhibition that a curator > friend, Gordana Novakovic, drew my attention to: > > >> > Technology is Not Neutral > 2 – 25 September 2016 > Presented in partnership with Phoenix Brighton as part of Brighton > Digital Festival 2016 > The show highlights and investigates the work of a group of women > artists in the field of digital arts, where women are often > underrepresented. The title refers to a quote by Donna Haraway > taken from her Cyborg Manifesto. It includes significant and newly > commissioned work by pioneering and contemporary female digital > artists, spanning a wide range of themes and approaches. The > exhibition features work by Ghislaine Boddington, Susan Collins, > Laura Dekker, Anna Dumitriu, Bhavani Esapathi, Julie Freeman, Kate > Genevieve, Sue Gollifer, Luciana Haill, Nina Kov, and Gordana > Novakovic. > >> > > I missed it as I have been on the continent, but shall catch up > with it when the show comes to Watermans in London later this fall. > > regards > Johannes Birringer > > > ________________________________________ > furtherfield [[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:58 PM > > Subject: [NetBehaviour] The tireless enchantment of technological > sorcery | Ars Electronica 2016 Review. > > The tireless enchantment of technological sorcery | Ars > Electronica 2016 Review. > > By #KissMyArs - http://bit.ly/2ctU82g > > A participant asks how Ars Electronica, one of the longest > standing and biggest media arts festivals in the world, has found > itself so far distanced from the political concerns surrounding > technology? > > "The alchemists of our time, or as I like to call them 'Dumb > wizards', are continuing to design and exhibit technological > achievements in self-fulfilling speculative words that have very > little concern, consideration or critique with any relevant social > issues of our time. Excluding the CyberArts exhibition (curated by > Genoveva Rückert), which I thought was a top selection of some of > the best media art works of the last years, Ars Electronica is > predominantly occupied by interactive spectacles that neglect to > examine the social & political impact of technology." > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > > -- > -- > > Marc Garrett > Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. > > Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network > http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change > since 1996 > > Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, > Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ > T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 > M +44(0)7533676047 > www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- helen varley jamieson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz *Magdalena München - In Between - 14-16 October, München <http://themagdalenaproject.org/en/content/magdalena-m%C3%BCnchen-between>* /frauen - theater - performance/
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