[oldboys] art-related websites by cyberfeminist [was: ArtWomen.Org]

[Verena Kuni <kuni@uni-trier.de>]

dear mary jo & all,

apart from possible contributions to your site, I would like to take
your call as an opportunity to bring an issue into diskussion I am
thinking about for some weeks now.

as most of you will know, OBN is currently preparing the relaunch of the
www.obn.org - and apart from the reading room (for which I posted a call
to contribute some time ago - btw. hello?!! anyone out there who missed
it?) we also planned to install something like a plattform for
cyberfeminist projects, and a section with recommended links.

when thinking about how to collect stuff for this linklist, I
immediately found myself in trouble. so far, I would have _discussed_
artist's projects in the framework of texts in which I discussed
cyberfeminism.
So this was always a framework clearly marked by my authorship as "my
opinion", "my perspective" - while others (and esp. the artists I
mentioned) would be not at all forced to share this perspective.

but what about an old boys' linklist?
that's something completely different, I'd assume.
I think, this is indeed something that affords collaboration and
discussion.

what is cyberfeminist art? are webbased projects by artists related to
cyberfeminism necessarily cyberfeminist art? what are art-related
websites by cyberfeminist?

whenever an artist considers her (his???) project herself (himself???)
as being a cyberfeminist one, might be the easiest answer at hand.

now this is a question directly going to the artists gathering on this
list:

would you call yourself a cyberfeminist?

if so (or even if not maybe) - which of your webbased projects would you
consider as cyberfeminist ones?

all of them? some of them only? none?

what are your criteria for defining a project as cyberfeminist?

curious:

kuniboy
aka miss.gunst@gmx.net




Mary Jo Aagerstoun schrieb:
> 
> Hi to the oldboys!
> 
> My first post, here. I joined in to see what is going on in this corner of
> the cyberfeminist world, and already have enjoyed the couple of posts I
> have seen so far...
> 
> Me and my interests: I am a feminist art historian (US)specializing in
> contemporary art that takes an activist form. I am writing my dissertation
> now on the '80s and '90s in the US, and the activist art during that
> period that utilizes the gendered monstrous.
> 
> My connection with cyberfeminism and art is fairly superficial. I served
> on the Board of NOMADS (you can still see at at www.nomadnet.org) a site
> dedicated to cultural commentary and webart and sound art. Unfortunately,
> in the flesh world we were unable to get enough paper ($$) to keep going.
> But the site stays up, thanks to its fabulous creator, Laura McGough. To
> see my cultural commentary work on NOMADS, go to
> www.nomadnet.org/massage5. This is the special issue I edited, of NOMADS'
> webjournal _massage_ on the monstrous feminine. From time to time, the
> NOMADS site will host special projects, but it is basically quiescent.
> 
> A few months ago, my colleague, curator MaryRoss Taylor (she lives in
> Texas, and, until recently directed the Lawndale Arts Center in Houston)
> and I (in Washington, DC) launched www.artwomen.org. It is a place where
> artists, art historians, critics, gallery and museum professionals,
> scholars and writers--whose areas of interest include feminism, art and
> visual culture-can find news and exchange ideas and information. I
> encourage you to visit the site and give us your impressions and
> suggestions.
> 
> We are looking for suggestions of cool art-related websites by
> cyberfeminists that we can feature on ArtWomen. We curate them, so any
> suggestions will be perused by us, and if we like them, we will put them
> up periodically. We are also looking for someone who is very well-informed
> about the area of cyberfeminist art who could do an article for us that
> would describe the history and current scene of this phenomenon. If you or
> a colleague may be interested, please contact me at mjaag@wam.umd.edu with
> a proposal (no more than 500 words) for a longish article (6,000-10,000
> words) with illustrations. We would also like to see a sample of your
> published or unpublished writing. We are an all-volunteer effort, so no
> payment is offered.
> 
> I look forward to lurking awhile on the list to check out what everyone is
> interested in. And I hope to hear from some of you soon regarding my
> request for ArtWomen!
> 
> Best,
> 
> MJAagerstoun
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Mary Jo Aagerstoun
> University of Maryland at College Park
> mjaag@wam.umd.edu
> phone:(202)234-6038
> fax:(202)332-1479
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