Radical Software : Women Art and Computing : 1960-1991

Cotton, Michelle; Steinbrügge, Bettina; Rosen, Margit; Ryan, Tina Rivers. Radical Software : Women Art and Computing : 1960-1991. Luxembourg, Luxembourg: Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, 2024.

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Abstract (English)

"A groundbreaking account of female artists’ engagement with digital media in the decades before the World Wide Web.

This historical survey focuses on female artists who were either working with computer technologies or taking up the subject of computing and cybernetics in their work in the early years of the computer revolution. It documents a lesser-known history of the inception of digital art, countering conventional narratives by focusing entirely on female figures. Comprising more than 100 works by 50 artists from 14 countries, it spans a period from the first years of integrated circuit computing in the 1960s to the “microcomputer revolution,” which led to the birth of home computing in the 1980s. This extensive publication includes three new essays by Tina Rivers Ryan, Margit Rosen and the exhibition’s curator, Michelle Cotton. It also features a richly illustrated timeline covering the period between 1613 and 1991 and includes 27 new interviews with artists and over 200 illustrations." -- Distributor's website.

Types: Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors: Cotton, Michelle (Author); Steinbrügge, Bettina (Author); Rosen, Margit (Author); Ryan, Tina Rivers (Author); Beaumont, Sarah (Interviewer); Peterle, Astrid (Interviewer); Amann, Laura (Interviewer); Proby, Clémentine (Interviewer); Popelka, Andrea (Interviewer); Heinlein, Ramona (Interviewer); [et alii]
Dossier: 700 - ART ET TECHNOLOGIE / ART AND TECHNOLOGY
Collation: 223 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN: 9783753307343
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Luxembourg, Luxembourg: Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Artists: Truckenbrod, Joan; Export, Valie; Cordeiro, Analívia; Allen, Rebecca; Birnbaum, Dara; Geiger, Anna Bella; Halaby, Samia; Johannesson, Charlotte; Ladik, Katalin; Leavitt, Ruth; [et alii]
Critics / Curators / Historians: Cotton, Michelle
Event Title: Radical Software : Women, Art & Computing : 1960-1991
Type: Exhibition
Location: Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) ; Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna, Austria)
Dates: 20 September 2024 - 2 February 2025 (Luxembourg) ; 28 February - 25 May 2025 (Vienna)
Keywords: TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER; WOMEN ARTISTS; DIGITAL ART
Copyright Statement: The artists; Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean; Kunsthalle Wien – Stadt Wien Kunst GmbH; The authors; Verlag der Bucchandlung Walther und Franz König
Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Incldues biographical notes.

Deposited by: Contractuel Artexte
Date Deposited: 26 May 2026 21:34
Last Modified: 26 May 2026 21:34
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/38080
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