CYBERFEMINISM & THE WOMEN OF WEB BASED ART
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CLASS DESCRIPTION
In this talk Oxana Chvyakina will discuss notable female artists of the net art and Web3 epoch. Net art is an art movement of the late 1980s – early 2000’s. It includes a diverse selection of born-digital media such as websites, web viruses, mailing lists, online performances, media activism, etc. All these genres are united by the fact that they are created and distributed via the Internet. Internet attracted artists as a new space for creation and distribution because of its independence from any institutions and ability to communicate directly with the audience. With the development of blockchain technologies net-artists gained access to a wider audience and cryptocurrency market. What is the contribution that women have made to web-based art? During the lecture, we will examine representation of such female artists as VNS Matrix, Amalia Ulman, Eva Wohlgemuth, Olia Lialina, Petra Cortright, Christine Tamblyn, Elena Romenkona, Morehshin Allahyari, and others in web-based art and NFT. All together we will explore key themes and concepts of female net-artists in order to contemplate possibilities for greater inclusion in art history.
OUR LECTURER
Oxana Chvyakina (she/her) is a London-based contemporary art curator, educator and art historian. She lectures internationally and teaches online exhibitions curating at the “Free workshops” school of contemporary art MMOMA. Oxana Chvyakina’s curatorial practice focuses on hybrid art forms and exhibitions, web-based curatorial projects, new media and site-specific art. Her recent exhibition was dedicated to the art games, poetry and sound (Game engine free verse, distant.gallery, 2022). Curator of the online programme of the first international biennale “Art for the Future” (Moscow, Russia; 2021-222). Curator of the exhibitions in frames of the Ars Electronica festival (Uncanny Dream, with Helena Nikonole, 2021), the Wrong New Digital Art Biennale (Hybrid body, 2017; Escape the room, 2019), the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art (2018, 2020). Nominee for the Kuryokhin Art Prize in the category “Best Curatorial Project” (Pauses, 2020).
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JANUARY TERM FEMINIST LECTURE PROGRAM LINEUP!
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9 January: A FEMALE HISTORY OF MADNESS
16 January: FOLKLORE, FEMINISM AND FORESTS IN EASTERN EUROPE
23 January: DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS: A HISTORY OF THE ARTISTS MODEL
30 January: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON: FEMINISM, PHOTOGRAPHY & PRE RAPHAELITISM
6 February: WOMEN’S WORK: INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND PATRIARCHY
13 February: EMPOWERING AUTISTIC WOMEN AND GIRLS
20 February: CYBERFEMINISM & THE WOMEN OF WEB BASED ART
27 February: WALKING, RUNNING & FEMINIST ART PRACTICE
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6 March: BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS & THE HISTORY OF ABSTRACT ART
13 March: BLACK BRITISH WOMANHOOD & RECLAIMING THE LANDSCAPE: (BLACK NATURE WRITING AND ART)
20 March: NATURE, CULTURE & WOMANHOOD: // GENDERING MOTHER NATURE? GENDERED ENVIRONMENTALITIES, // ECOFEMINISM AND CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
27 March: READING WITH ANAIS NIN: BAD SEX & DIRTY BOOKS
3 April: A SHORT GUIDE TO FEMINIST PORN: THE POLITICS OF PRODUCING PLEASURE
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Banner image credit: DNA Sluts, still from All New Gen by VNS Matrix