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FEATHER DUSTING / FUTURE LUSTING is a digital exhibition in two parts, featuring work by 31 artists, writers, theatre-makers and creative practitioners. Crossing multiple disciplines, the exhibition encompasses a variety of digital and non-digital media, including GIFs, games, performance, painting, sound, video, text, comics, installation and found objects. The exhibition is accompanied by a digital events programme, featuring live performance, readings, discussion and an online workshop.
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Artist Index:
FEATHER DUSTING
Ikeorah Chisom ︎︎
‘The Woman Who Saw Red’
Joey Dean ︎︎︎
‘Quarinzine‘
Lauren Hill ︎︎
‘Slaving Away‘
‘Prize Bird’
Anneasha Hogan ︎︎
‘But I’m having so much fun!!!’
Tiri Kananuruk ︎︎ &
Katya Rozanova ︎︎
‘Work’
Fiona Koh Li Ping ︎︎
‘三字经 (San Zi Jing)’
Lidia Lidia ︎︎
‘The Waiting Room’
Lilli Mathod ︎︎
‘DAYTIME’
Elli Papakonstantinou/
ODC Ensemble ︎︎︎
‘Traces of Antigone’
Anna Pook ︎︎
‘The Art of Being at Home’
Aleksandra Sidor ︎︎
‘Romantico’
Lena Stewen ︎
‘One Long Day’
Kate Tatsumi ︎︎︎
‘Can’t Come Over’
Nicolette Teo ︎
‘Getting around difficult scenarios’
Flavia Tritto ︎︎
‘Domestic Labour’s Creative Touch’
Liz Under ︎︎︎
‘ SO WHAT’
Artist Index:
FUTURE LUSTING
︎︎ Marija Avramovic &
︎︎ Sam Twidale
‘The Zone’
︎︎ Ikeorah Chisom
‘The Letter’
︎︎ Aurelie Crisetig
‘This belongs to everyone, so enjoy the view’
︎ ︎ Cybercesspool
‘T R I P D R I F T//’
︎︎ Aimilia Efthimiou
‘How to Cast a Circle of Protection’
︎︎︎ Dr. Howard &
︎︎ Adrian Pijoan
‘Human Reptilian Utopia’
︎ William Kung
‘Waterfalls’
‘Year 2375’
‘Asleep’
‘Future City’
︎ Joaquin Margulis
‘Prototype’
︎︎ Kate Meehan
‘Sunbed’
︎︎ Beryl Perron-Feller
‘Isolation Landscape’
︎︎ Rachelle Romeo
‘The disowned Briton’
‘IDENTITY’
︎︎ Coralie Zimmerman‘If you could imagine a radically altered society,
what would it look like?’
FEATHER DUSTING
responds to feminism’s arduous and ongoing battle with domesticity and women's perceived role within the home. The exhibition’s theme is informed by and responds to classic feminist artworks, such as Martha Rosler’s 1974 video piece ‘The Semiotics of the Kitchen’, which parodied women’s domestic labour, and ‘Womanhouse’, a feminist art installation and performance space co-created by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro.
We invite you to consider what the contemporary offspring of these works might look like, within a world where, through the force of COVID-19, we are prompted to reevaluate our relationship with the domestic: to come face-to-face once again with the feather duster.
FEATHER DUSTING
responds to feminism’s arduous and ongoing battle with domesticity and women's perceived role within the home. The exhibition’s theme is informed by and responds to classic feminist artworks, such as Martha Rosler’s 1974 video piece ‘The Semiotics of the Kitchen’, which parodied women’s domestic labour, and ‘Womanhouse’, a feminist art installation and performance space co-created by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro.
We invite you to consider what the contemporary offspring of these works might look like, within a world where, through the force of COVID-19, we are prompted to reevaluate our relationship with the domestic: to come face-to-face once again with the feather duster.
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Lilli Mathod
‘DayTime’(2020)
Video
1 minute, 39 seconds
The relentless looping of life in domestic isolation is mimicked and magnified in Lilli Mathod’s video work ‘DayTime’. In this quasi-morning TV show, our host Carol Smith (played by Lilli, who also directs and produces the video) entertains us from the comfort of her home, surrounded by plants, cleaning appliances, DIY tools and an arsenal of dressing gowns and hair curlers. A product of the chaotic emptiness of spending too much time alone, Carol adopts the guise of various ‘experts’ – fashion guru, fitness coach, chef, Agony Aunt, sex therapist – who in other circumstances might steer our increasingly discombobulated lives back on track. Carol’s expert guidance, comfortable trappings and individualist existence cannot cannot ward off the spiritual and emotional poverty of isolation, though, and so we join her on a comi-tragic cycle of boredom, inertia, mania, despair and delusion. The ‘theme tune’ for ‘DayTime’ was composed by musician Jackson Mathod and mixed by audio artist Jack Wolff; its unwavering jauntiness as we loop through three opening title sequences provides the perfect soundtrack for Carol’s descent into chaos.
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Lauren Hill
‘Slaving Away’(2019)
Series of digital GIFs
Footage of television personality Fanny Cradock is picked apart, reduced and transformed through the format of a Boomerang in ‘Slaving Away’, a GIF series using footage from BBC’s 1970 television show ‘Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas’. Breezy, expert demonstrations are relentlessly looped, becoming hysterical and strained. In these works, a friction is created between the old-fashioned representation of gender roles depicted, and the contemporary form of visual, social communication represented by the digital media, prompting us to question fetishised domesticity and its endurance.
Lauren Hill’s work centres around the female domestic experience, a subject she approaches with passive aggression, humour and hysteria. She plays with the popular and historical characterisation of the ‘Domestic Goddess’ and everyday objects loaded with cultural reference. Her work takes the forms of video, sculpture, installation and GIFs, often involving processes of embellishment and excess leading to the distortion and elevation of the everyday.
Lauren Hill’s work centres around the female domestic experience, a subject she approaches with passive aggression, humour and hysteria. She plays with the popular and historical characterisation of the ‘Domestic Goddess’ and everyday objects loaded with cultural reference. Her work takes the forms of video, sculpture, installation and GIFs, often involving processes of embellishment and excess leading to the distortion and elevation of the everyday.
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Joey Dean
‘Quarinzine’(2020)
Comic
In ‘Quarinzine’, Joey Dean reflects on his relationship with the home since coming out as trans. His three-panel comic provides a glimpse into his experience during lockdown, and his transition from ‘house-wife’ to ‘stay-at-home dad’, reflecting upon societies’ expectations versus his own lived reality.
Through his digital artwork and illustration, Joey works to provide representation and to give a voice to Transgender and LGBTQ+ folk. He uses pop-culture, parody and comedy in his designs to connect diverse groups of people through laughter and joy.
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Aleksandra Sidor
‘Romantico. Nail art (Inspired by my nails from back in the day)’(2020)
Painting and floral composition
Aleksandra Sidor’s oil painting ‘Romantico’ is a tender exploration of the importance of routine and self-care in warding off anxiety during this daunting and desolate time. Aleksandra says of the work: “I don’t have my own studio, therefore all the works that I made have been created in my kitchen during lockdown. The not-ideal conditions made me focus solely on small paintings. ‘Romantico’ was inspired by my nails, from the time that I could afford to have them done. While creating this artwork I thought about its small size (8 x 8 inches) and the use of little brushes which made me think of the actual act of painting nails... During lockdown, it was not possible for me to be involved in community work and the overwhelming anxiety of hearing the death toll numbers every day have made me devote my whole time to painting. It kept me sane. This strange combination of psychological and physical self-care has kept me occupied.”
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FUTURE LUSTING invites artists to use speculation as a political tool as society as we know it grinds to a standstill. If imagining alternative worlds is a political act, then lockdown has given artists a space in which to do this.
We invite you to use our new, slower pace of life to reflect, examine where we are and where we are heading, imagine alternative realities, and envision how we can rebuild society – creating new possibilities for societal organisation, care networks, environmental issues, social justice and healing. The work exhibited ranges from the fantastical to the factual, the personal to the political, and the hopeful to the critical.
FUTURE LUSTING invites artists to use speculation as a political tool as society as we know it grinds to a standstill. If imagining alternative worlds is a political act, then lockdown has given artists a space in which to do this.
We invite you to use our new, slower pace of life to reflect, examine where we are and where we are heading, imagine alternative realities, and envision how we can rebuild society – creating new possibilities for societal organisation, care networks, environmental issues, social justice and healing. The work exhibited ranges from the fantastical to the factual, the personal to the political, and the hopeful to the critical.
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Aimilia Efthymiou
‘How to cast a circle of protection’(2020)
Series of instructional videos, rituals
Aimilia Efthimiou’s work offers us another path through which to navigate the increasingly individualistic and consumerist society we inhabit. She has turned to “another knowledge”, long forgotten or ignored by many; “the female knowledge… which most people think of as the devil’s labour”. Here, she shares this knowledge with us, passed down through generations of female relatives until it reached her. She casts spells and enacts rituals which seek to both protect and prepare us for the journey ahead. Aimilia’s practice centres around tarot reading, rituals and spells, and the creation of these videos is a new chapter in her artistic work – one which she has navigated with the guidance of the Kleió team. Aimilia has been incredibly flexible and open in the adaption of her practice to our digital exhibition project, and these magical videos are a reflection of this.
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Rachelle Romeo
‘The disowned Briton’(2020)
‘IDENTITY’(2018)
Embroidery with thread
In these works, Rachelle Romeo combines the underappreciated art of embroidery with anti-racist rhetoric to express the importance of decolonising the UK educational system. She acknowledges that “currently POC are faced with some form of racism every day, whether it is systematic, subtle, violent or emotional abuse”. Reflecting upon her own personal experience of the Windrush Scandal, Rachelle has created two works through which she hopes to “evoke an emotional connection with the viewer,” in order to “allow them to see a human rather than a statistic or just the colour of a person’s skin”.
Rachelle believes that education is the key to political injustices, and that if executed correctly it will provide an equal society, ridding the world of negative narratives and rhetoric. She believes that “with this change, future generations will have equal opportunities, be rid of fear, and have an open mind with an open heart. We need to diminish the ignorance caused by imperialism. Education is the most powerful tool equality has to make a permanent change.”
Rachelle believes that education is the key to political injustices, and that if executed correctly it will provide an equal society, ridding the world of negative narratives and rhetoric. She believes that “with this change, future generations will have equal opportunities, be rid of fear, and have an open mind with an open heart. We need to diminish the ignorance caused by imperialism. Education is the most powerful tool equality has to make a permanent change.”
Ikeroah Chisom
‘The Letter’(2019)
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
“The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted a lot of gears in the social and political landscape of the world. This does not exempt my country, Nigeria,” writes artist Ikeroah Chisom. “I believe this is the beginning of a long-awaited revolution – a jump from the fence and a swing to action.”
In ‘The Letter’, Chisom presents a portrait of two young men: one with eyes closed, one ‘awake’ and directly addressing the viewer. Set against a soft pink backdrop, it feels both tender and charged with intent. A depiction of a wax seal stamps the ‘letter’, giving it the authority of a political decree or document.
This is the second artwork by Chisom in ‘Feather Dusting Future Lusting’: ‘The Woman Who Saw Red’ in ‘Feather Dusting’ deals directly with the issue of domestic abuse. Taken together, these two works can be seen as a powerful call for change. “I believe as an artist, the universe bestows on me the responsibility to speak, to start up conversations … ‘The Letter’ seeks to act as a call for action and a stand against oppression,” writes Chisom.
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Joaquin Margulis
‘Prototype I’(2020)
Video
1 minute, 41 seconds
“It has always been thought that creativity is the weapon that robotisation will not conquer, but how much of this is true?”, asks artist Joaquin Margulis Luchsinger. “With ‘Prototype I’ I try to answer, or at least get closer to the question, creating systems that address this particular characteristic of our world.“
‘Prototype I’ is a kinetic sculpture, adapted for the digital sphere and presented in ‘Future Lusting’ as a video work. The sculpture has a two-mechanism system: automated to drip and then manipulate electric blue paint. Vibrations from the sound of the metal ‘grid’ stimulate the movement of the dripping paint, while a foam roller spreads it, smoothing over the chaos of the falling droplets. In the words of the artist, “One part speaks and the other tries to silence it.”
Critiquing the machine-like quality of our daily lives, this conceptual structure is an attempt to develop a new language, to use “different types of experiences, systems and mechanisms to generate an automatic image and sound”. Joaquin believes that “as human beings we are losing empathy… we are heading towards becoming the machines that we fear so much will replace us”. However, Joaquin hopes that the current COVID-19 crisis has provided the societal pause necessary to halt this mechanical progression. He argues that the chaos the pandemic has brought in its wake “positions us in front of new patterns that will enhance our senses and direct us towards new solutions”. With Prototype I, the artist attempts to explore this moment, and the solutions it might offer for an alternative future.
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Kleió x Passthejpeg
Feather Dusting/Future Lusting’s events programme includes a collaboration between Kleió and Passthejpeg, a collective started by three Singaporean artist-curators. Like this exhibition, Passthejpeg developed in response to the lockdown incurred by the COVID-19 crisis:“When the soft lockdown started, we were thinking about doing something fun without leaving our own homes. Passthejpeg came from a curiousity to see how images can evolve and mutate as they move through the hands of one artist to another, and to explore the growth that can come from this...
Created by Nicolette Teo, Cynthia D. Suwito, and Eugene Tan, Passthejpeg’s current iteration sees groups of three artists producing new images daily for a period of 10 days, after which a new group of artists will take over and continue this chain.”
This collaboration resulted in a series of ‘wallpaper’ images, each inspired by an event featured on this page. Check out their archive of hypnotic and humourous images, and artist collaborations below.
︎ @passthejpeg ︎@nico____lette ︎eugene.tyz ︎cynthiadsuwito
EVENTS PROGRAMME (18 JUNE - 23 JULY 2020)
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[THURSDAY 18 JUNE - 8PM]
Exhibition Launch: ‘Work’
by Tiri Kananaruk & Katya Rozanova
- Exhibition launch 7pm(BST) - Audiovisual LIVE performance of ‘Public Link’ 8pm (BST)
- public
[WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE - 6-7PM]
LIVE Performance: ‘Traces of Antigone’
- Written by Christina Ouzounidis
by Elli Papakonstantinou/ODC Ensemble
- Designed for the Zoom platform (limited seats, registration only)
[THURSDAY 2 JULY - 12PM]
With the author: An audio guide of ‘The Art of Being At Home’ by Anna Pook
- An audio-based event, accompanied by a visual guide
- This is a permanent event
[FRIDAY 10 JULY - 12PM]
Web Weavers: Can the Internet be a Feminist Space? hosted by Helena Adalsteinsdottir
- A panel discussion featuring Lauren Hill, Anneasha Hogan, Lidia Lidia and Kana Higashino
- Video and podcast version available
- Accompanied by a visual guide
- This is a permanent event
[FRIDAY 31 JULY - 12PM]
(Re)igniting Your Creative Practice
- A workshop / storytelling event with Jody Boyer, Abigail Hammond and Jen McGowan
- Three artists discuss their careers and experiences and share examples of their work
- This is a permanent event
Passthejpeg wallpaper image: “6C” by Nicolette Teo
Inspired by ‘Web Weavers: Can the Internet be a Feminist Space?’
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The Art of Being at Home: An Audio Guide
Written and read by Anna Pook
Released Thursday 2 July 2020
‘The Art of Being at Home’ is a short story by Anna Pook that explores the conflicting emotions and responsibilities of a wife and mother attempting to work from home during lockdown. Anna combines personal narrative, tongue-in-cheek advice, and earnest reflection to paint an acutely accurate portrait of the many caregivers and spouses attempting to navigate the varied obligations of lockdown and emerge in one piece.
Anna collaborated with designer Bonnie Craig on the visual presentation of this piece. Anna and Bonnie have combined found images, text, and layers of colour in order to create a hybrid form that parodies women’s magazines and ‘good wife’ guides of the 1950s.
Below is an audio guide, which includes a reading by the author. It features insight into the inspiration for the story, as well as her personal thoughts on motherhood, domesticity and gender. As this event is audio-based, feel free to engage in other homely activities while you listen.
Follow along with Anna, with the text below:
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Audio Guide References:
[00:20] - ‘The Art of Being a Well-Dressed Woman’ by Anne Fogarty (1959)
[18:50] - ‘The Tidal Zone’ by Sarah Moss (2016)
Anna’s resources and notes:
With help from the author, we have compiled a list of resources as an extension to the topics discussed in the audio guide. Click to view the links.‘The Book of Longings’ by Sue Monk Kidd (2020)
‘The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood’ by Rachel Power (2012)
‘The First Person and Other Stories’ by Ali Smith (2009)
- This book inspired me to incorporate aspects of my own life into my work and to think about the definition of a ‘true story’. ‘If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit’ by Brenda Uealand
- Specifically chapter ten: Why Women Who Do Too Much Housework Should Neglect It For Their Writing.‘Untamed’ by Glennon Doyle (2020)
This book discusses the damaging parenting motto women of my generation have been given and why women, and society in general, have been led to believe that motherhood is synonymous to self-sacrifice. Doyle argue that mothers should aim to be models for their children, not martyrs.‘Self-Help’ by Lorrie Moore (2015)
Kleio’s resources and notes:
‘Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel’ by Sue Kaufman (1967)
‘Is Motherhood the Unfinished Work of Feminism?’ by Amy Westervelt for the Guardian (2018)
‘Matricentric Feminism’ by Andrea O’Reilly (2016)
‘Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty’ by Jaqueline Rose (2018)
‘Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution’ by Adrienna Rich (1996)
‘A Room of One’s Own’ by Virginia Woolf (1929)
‘A Woman Is a Woman Until She Is a Mother’ by Anna Prushinskaya (2017)
Passthejpeg wallpaper image: “18B” by Cynthia D. Suwito
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Web Weavers: Can the Internet be a Feminist Space?
A panel discussion hosted by Helena Adalsteinsdottir
Featuring Lauren Hill, Anneasha Hogan, Lida Lida and Kana Higashino
Released Thursday 9 July 2020
Web Weavers: Can The Internet Be A Feminist Space? is a panel discussion hosted by artist-curator Helena Aoalsteinsdottir and features artists Lauren Hill, Anneasha Hogan and Lidia Lidia, as well as Kleio’s own Kana Higashino. The event will explore their practices in relation to the digital space, and dive into art and feminism’s relationship with the internet, using the panellists’ personal experiences as a starting point.
In the wake of COVID-19, the digital has migrated into every aspect of our lives. This is especially pertinent in the case of artists, whose must increasingly rely on the digital space for creation, discussion and connection. It is therefore vital that we take this moment to reflect upon the platform which continue to swallow our days. This event asks: Can the internet be a feminist space? How inclusive is the digital space? Is the internet the new frontier of activism? And many more, in order to explore the potential of a space central to our lives.
This panel was recorded on Zoom and the video can be seen below. An audio (podcast) version is also available here:
Panel discussion References, Resources and Notes:
Follow along using the links, resources and visual aids below. They act as an extention to the conversation. This list is by no means extensive, and we encourage you to continue our research. Click to view the links.[00:00:50] - Intro to Helena Aoalsteinsdottir and her practice
- ︎ @hl33n33
- ︎ www.helenaadalsteinsdottir.com
[00:01:40] - Intro to Lidia Lidia
- ‘The Waiting Room’ (2020) for Feather Dusting/Future Lusting exhibition
- ︎ @justlidialidia
-︎ www.lidialidia.com
[00:03:40] - Intro to Lauren Hill
- ‘Slaving Away’ (2019) and ‘Prize Bird’ (2020) for Feather Dusting/Future Lusting exhibition
- ︎ @laurenlhill
- ︎ www.laurenhillart.co.uk
[00:05:05] - Intro to Anneasha Hogan
- ‘But I’m having so much fun!!!’ (2016) for Feather Dusting/Future Lusting exhibition
- ︎ @anneasha
- ︎ www.anneasha.online
[00:06:07] - The internet as a patriarical system
- ‘Internet Misogyny: How Online Patriarchy Operates’ by Rubyfruit2 for Sisterhooddispowerful
- ‘Why is the Internet So Overwhelmingly Male? by Ian Sample for The Guardian
[00:10:22] - ‘Slacktivism’ definition
- To support a cause by performing simple measures but are not truly engaged or devoted to making change. (nonprofithub.org)
- ‘What is Slacktivism and is it Even Helping?’ by Hana Muslic for Nonprofit Hub
- ’This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven’ by Jon Caramanica for the New York Times
[00:10:36] - Censorship Definition
- The changing or the suppression or prohibition of speech or writing [or art] that is deemed subversive or the common good. (Britannica.com)
- ‘Why Is Censorship Destructive for Artistic Representation?’ by Jelena Borojevic for Medium.com
- ‘Don’t Delete Art: A Virtual Gallery of Art Censored by Social Media’ by National Coalition Against Censorship
- ‘How the Art World Can Fight ‘A Culture of Censorship’ by Chris Charratt for Frieze
[00:11:13] - Technology, coding, and inequality by infrastructure
- ‘How is Face Recognition Surveillance Technology Racist?’ by ACLU.org
- ‘Silicon Valley Sexism: Why It Matters That The Internet Is Made By Men, For Men’ by Soraya Chemaly for the New Statesman
- ‘How Women Are Rebuiling A Man-Made Internet’ by Andrea Barrica for Forbes
[00:20:55] - Activism and the internet
- ‘Social Media and Activism’ by Bart Cammaerts
- ‘Exploring the Pros and Cons of Online Activism’ by Nicolette Loizou
- ’Online Fever: The Subversive Social Media Activism Movement’ by Sanika Mahajan for Harvard Political Review
- ’Online Activism: how petitions and social media campaigns have changed the world.’ by Helle Abelvik-Lawson for GreenPeace
[00:22:55] - Lidia and censorship on the internet
- ‘Global Study on Homicide 2019’ by the United Nations
- ‘Booklet 5: Gender-related killing of women and girls’
- The Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
[00:23:57] - ‘Global Homicide’ Definition
- The infliction of homicide on a global scale.
[00:24:36] - ‘Femicide’ (or ‘Fem(in)icide’) definition
- The most extreme form of violence agianst women, and the most violent manifestation of discrimination against them and their inequality. It is not an isolated or sporadic case of violence but results from unequal power structures - rooted in traditional gender roles, customs and mindsets - where women and girls often find themselves in a subordinated and/or marginalized position. (Fem(in)icide Watch)
- ‘The must-knows of femicide’ by Fem[in]icide Watch
[00:25:35] - ‘1:16 - Femicide Emergency’ (2019)
[00:26:40] - Lidia and ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by UNWomen.org
- ‘1:16 - Femicide Emergency Part II’ (2019)
[00:29:00] - Lidia and complaints/censorship of ‘Girls World’
- ‘Girls World’ (2019) series
[00:33:13] - ‘Algorithmic Bias’ definition
- The unfair treatment of a group (e.g. an ethnic minority, gender, or type of worker) that can result from the use of an algorithm to support decision-making. (Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation)
- ‘Landscape Summary: Bias in Algorithmic Decision-Making’ by Dr. Michael Rovatsos, Dr Brent Mittelstadt, and Ansgar Koene for the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
- ‘Why Algorithms can be racist and sexist’ by Rebecca Heilweil for Vox
- ‘Artificial intelligence and algorithmic bias: implications for health systems’ by Trishan Panch, Heather Mattie, Rifat Atun for National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
[00:41:25] - Lauren’s ‘Icing Hides a Multitide of Sins’ (2018)
[00:43:12] - ‘Domesticity’ definition
- Life at home, taking care of your house and family. A role often associated with women and used to personify femininity. (Cambridge Dictionary)
- ‘The Art of Being at Home’ by Anna Pook
[00:49:44] - Anneasha’s Honey Bun Baby (2016)
[00:58:56] - Lidia’s ‘#LadyTandBabyT’ (2019) performance
- Lidia’s ‘Free Xmas Cards’ (2018) series
[00:59:42] - The lack of female curators
- ‘It’s 2018. Why Can’t Museums Let Female Curators Do Their Jobs?’ by Michael Wilson for garage.vice.com
[01:02:06] - ‘New Normal’ definition
- A previously unfamiliar or atypical situation that has become standard, usual, or expected. (Diversity Dictionary by The Other Box)
[01:10:47] - ‘Capitalism’ definition
- An Economic system characterized by private or corporate owndership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market. (Merriam-Webster)
[01:11:28] - ‘Sheroes’ by LONART
- ‘Sheroes in Quarantine’ online exhibition by LONART
[01:17:35] - Podcasts recommendations (comedy, feminism, activism, inclusivity)
- ’The Read’ with Kid Fury and Crissle
- ’The Guilty Feminist’ with Deborah Frances-White
- ‘2 Dope Queens’ with Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams
- ‘Watching Us’ by BBC Radio
- ‘Popaganda’ and ‘Back Talk’ by Bitch Media
- ’She Who Persisted’ by the Nasty Podcast
- ‘What Would A Feminist Do’ with Jessica Valenti for the Guardian
- ‘Secret Feminist Agenda’
- ‘The Femtastic Podcast’
- ‘The Feminist Internet Podcast’
[01:23:30] - Instagram accounts to follow (around art, feminsim, activism, inclusivity)
︎ Danielle Coke @ohhappydani
︎ Brown History @brownhistory
︎ Black Women Radicals @blackwomenradicals
︎ Cheyney McKnight @notyourmommahistory
︎ Black Trans Femmes in the Arts @btfacollective
︎ GFx Studios/ACTIVISM & ART @gfx_prints
︎ Black Lives Matter @blklivesmatter
︎ Joseph McGill @slavedwellingproject
︎ Coléchi @_colechi
︎ The White Pube @thewhitepube
︎ ARtCH Collective @artchcollective
︎ Women of Illustration @womenofillustration
︎ Shades of Noir @shadesofnoir
︎ The Other Box @_theotherbox
︎ NPR’s Code Switch @nprcodeswitch
︎ Brown History @brownhistory
︎ Black Women Radicals @blackwomenradicals
︎ Cheyney McKnight @notyourmommahistory
︎ Black Trans Femmes in the Arts @btfacollective
︎ GFx Studios/ACTIVISM & ART @gfx_prints
︎ Black Lives Matter @blklivesmatter
︎ Joseph McGill @slavedwellingproject
︎ Coléchi @_colechi
︎ The White Pube @thewhitepube
︎ ARtCH Collective @artchcollective
︎ Women of Illustration @womenofillustration
︎ Shades of Noir @shadesofnoir
︎ The Other Box @_theotherbox
︎ NPR’s Code Switch @nprcodeswitch
︎ Sakeema Peng Crook @sakeemathecroo
︎ Support Black Art @supportblackart
︎ Black Artist Space @blackartistspace
︎ Black Archives @blackarchives.co
︎ The Fashion and Race Database @fashionandracedatabase
︎ Alayo Akinkugbe @ablackhistoryofart
︎ Black History @blackhistory
︎ Black Cultural Archives @bcaheritage
︎ Tribe Named Athari @tribenamedathari
︎ Black Visions Collective @blackvisionscollective
︎ Black Women Radicals @blackwomenradicals
︎ gal-dem @galdemzine
︎ Black Curators Collective @blackcuratorscollective
︎ QueerWOCpod @queerwocpod
︎ Support Black Art @supportblackart
︎ Black Artist Space @blackartistspace
︎ Black Archives @blackarchives.co
︎ The Fashion and Race Database @fashionandracedatabase
︎ Alayo Akinkugbe @ablackhistoryofart
︎ Black History @blackhistory
︎ Black Cultural Archives @bcaheritage
︎ Tribe Named Athari @tribenamedathari
︎ Black Visions Collective @blackvisionscollective
︎ Black Women Radicals @blackwomenradicals
︎ gal-dem @galdemzine
︎ Black Curators Collective @blackcuratorscollective
︎ QueerWOCpod @queerwocpod
[01:24:27] - ‘Monetisation’ definition
- To coin into money. To utilise (something of value) as a source of profit. (Merriam-Webster)
[01:24:38] - ‘Black Lives Matter’ (BLM) definition
- The hashtag #blacklivesmatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayon Martin’s murder. Since then, the hashtag has sparked into a global movement, due to the deaths of many black civilians caused by police brutality. This includes the death of Eric Garner, Ezell Ford, Michelle Cusseaux, and George Floyd and so much more.(Blacklivesmatter.com, npr.org)
- Black Lives Matter Resources
- http://linktr.ee/acab/
- ‘Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism’ (Chapter 2: ‘Constant Devaluation of Black Womanhood) by Bell Hooks
Additional Resources:
We have compiled a list of resources as an extension to the topics discussed in the audio guide. Click to view the links.
‘Second Wave Feminism: Unfinished Business’ by Adrian Piper
‘Feminist Internet Collective
‘Xenofeminism- A Politics for Alienation’ manifesto
‘Gendered Embodiment in Internet Culture: The Practice of Women Internet Artists in Twenty-First Century Patriarchy’ by Jeanette Bisschops
‘What does a feminist internet look like’ by Chitra Nagarajan
‘Surfing Feminism’s Online Wave: The Internet and the Future of Feminism’ by Stephanie Ricker Schulte
‘Why the internet needs cyberfeminists more than ever’ by Sanjana Varghese
‘Black Circuit: Code for the numbers to come’ by Amy Ireland
‘Cyberfeminism’ by Encyclopedia of New Media
‘A Brief History of Cyberfeminism’ by Izabella Scott
‘Revisiting the Future’ by Cornelia Sollfrank
‘Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst’ by e-flux
‘Coronavirus online activism confronts digital authoritarianism’ by Jonathan Pinckney
‘#TrendingFeminism: The Impact of Digital Feminist Activism’ by Cassie Clark
‘In Defense of the Poor Image’ by Hito Steryls
Keyterms and definitions:
Below are just some of the key concepts that touched upon in the panel discussion.Cyberfeminism
A feminist movement concerned with countering the perceived dominance of men in the use and development of information technology, the Internet, etc. (lexico.com)
Feminism
The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. (Merriam-Webster)
Activism
A doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue. (Merriam-Webster)
The Internet
An electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organisational computer facilities around the world. (Merriam-Webster)
Collaboration
To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.(Merriam-Webster)
International Women’s Day
A global day celebrating the social, econoimv, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. (internationalwomensday.com)
Revolution
A change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence or war. (cambridgedictionary.com)
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(Re)igniting Your Creative Practice
A discursive workshop led by Jody Boyer, Abigail Hammond and Jen McGowan
Released Friday 31 July 2020
In (Re)igniting Your Creative Practice, we’ll hear from three fascinating women who are both artists and educators: Jody Boyer, based in Omaha Nebraska; Abigail Hammond, based in London, UK; and Jen McGowan, in Vancouver, Canada. Each artist will share their story and discuss some examples of their work, produced both before and during lockdown. The aim of this workshop is to use the power of storytelling to foster a creative community and to inspire others to begin making art.
As well as sharing some techniques to get started, the discussion will cover some of the struggles and anxieties artists might face – in particular how the role of artist might conflict with that of wife, mother, teacher or carer: prompting us to ask - how do we make space for our art when there are so many expectations put upon us? How can we use the richness of the female experience to inform our artistic practice? And how is this class of identities and expectations being reevaluated during the COVID-19 crisis? These are all issues we invite you to consider as you listen along to Jody, Abigail and Jen as they share their stories, and as you begin to (re) ignite your creative practice.
This discussion was recorded on Zoom and the video can be seen below.
Relevant Links:
Intro to Jody Boyer and her practice
- ︎ @iowa_jody_boyer
- ︎ www.jodyboyer.com
Intro to Abigail Hammond and her practice
- ︎ @fuckthemenopause
- ︎ www.abigailhammond.co.uk
- Video of installation piece with movement projected onto sculpture
- Punk song and video
Intro to Jen McGowan, her practice and references
- ︎ @jenmcgowanart
- ︎ www.jenmcgowan.ca
- Pennylane Shen – Artist consultant with Dazed and Confucius; here is the podcast referenced in the discussion
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