[spectre] press release - very cyberfeminist international

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From: "Cornelia Sollfrank" <cornelia@snafu.de>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: press release - very cyberfeminist international

Very Cyberfeminist International - Press Information - Very Condensed
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The Old Boys Network (OBN) proudly presents:

Very Cyberfeminist International
Hamburg/Germany - December 13th to 16th, 2001
Lichtmesz-Kino, Gausstr. 25, 22765 Hamburg

>From december 13th to december 16th, 2001 the Old Boys Network (OBN) invites
cyberfeminists, fans, friends and fiends of cyberfeminism as well as the
interested public to join the Very Cyberfeminist International in
Hamburg/Germany - the 3rd international meeting of the cyberfeminist
alliance, following the First Cyberfeminist International (Kassel/Germany,
September 1997, in the context of Hybrid Workspace at documenta X), and the
Next Cyberfeminist International (Rotterdam and Amsterdam/NL, March 1999, in
the context of Next Five Minutes Festival)

Cyberfeminism is no game without borders, but a playing with borders that
takes them seriously, a work at the boundaries of that 'contested zone' in
which the so-called real and virtual diverge, and which mines utopias of
transgression, understanding them as a potential for transformation. What
role does the digital medium play in the current restructuring of the world
when old borders are shifted and new ones set up? And what is the symbolic
and concrete function of 'woman' in this process?

A complex field opens up at the interface between gender and technology
which results from the question of border and it's transgression. Mostly
symbolic transgressions will be analyzed which are experienced (and
sentenced) as aggression against an existing order. Artists, politicians,
theorists and activists from 11 different countries with highly diverse and
international radius of action have been invited.

Hostesses:
The Very Cyberfeminist International is organized by the Old Boys Network
(OBN),
claudia reiche, cornelia sollfrank, helene von oldenburg, verena kuni
- in cooperation with: les pénélopes (F); constant vzw verenigung voor kunst
en media (B) & make: the organisation for women in the arts [formerly known
as the women's art library] (London/GB).

Info & Service:
http://www.obn.org
e-mail: boys@obn.org
contact phone: bianka buchen 0049-172-9516717

Location:
Lichtmesz-Kino, Gaußstr. 25, Hamburg/Altona

Funding:
kulturbehörde der freien und hansestadt hamburg
senatsamt für die gleichstellung, hamburg
with the support of the culture 2000 programme of the european union,
directorate general education and culture

Programme:

welcome to the very cyberfeminist international
Thursday, 13th, 8p.m. MET:
opening reception & poster presentation

on the issue: cyberfeminist networking
Friday, 14th, 10.30 a.m. MET:
Part I: networking - knot working - not working?
Friday, 14th, 3.30 p.m. MET:
Part II: new border concepts

cyberfeminism beyond the borders:
reflections on borders, borderlines and border transgressions continued
Saturday, 15th, 10.30 a.m. MET:
Part I: resumption of new border concepts
Saturday, 15th, 3.30 p.m. MET:
Part II: the borders of 'terror' -- media- and war techniques

Satury Night Fever...
Very Transgressive Party
Location: Golden Pudels Club, Fischmarkt 27, Hamburg/St. Pauli
Start: 10 p.m. MET
Featuring: neotropic (London/GB); slowrapid djs cfm & francis (Leipzig/D);
die patinnen (Hamburg/D); DJ babe NL (Prague/CZ).

very cyberfeminist international continued
Sunday, 16th, 10.30 a.m.
Very Cyberfeminist Brunch & informal gathering

Preliminary list of participants:

alla mitrofanova (RU), andrea sick (D), ania corcilius (D), annette
schindler (CH), anne hilde neset (GB), ariane brenssell (D), barbara thoens
(D), bianka buchen (D), bildwechsel (D), britta bonifacius (D), britta von
heintze (D), corinna bath (D), christina göstl (AU), cindy gabriela flores
(MEX), claude draude (D), diana mccarty (D), die patinnen (D), elisabeth
strowick (D), faith wilding (USA), feminist indymedia austria (AU),
flora&fauna (D), frauke behrendt (D), galerie helga broll (D),
genderchangers (INT), irina aristharkova (RU/SG), janine sack (S), jill
scott (D/USA), jutta weber (D), lauren cornell (GB), laurence rassel (B),
les pénélopes (F), lina dzuverovic-russell (GB), linda putenhardt (D), lola
castro (D), margaret morse (GB), margaret tan (SG), maria fernandez (USA,
MEX), monika fabig (D), nana petzet (D), nasya bahfen (SG), natalie bookchin
(USA), nathalie magnan (F), noaltgirls (INT), nomade (INT), rawa -
revolutionary association of the women of afghanistan (AF), rachel baker
(GB), rena tangens (D), rosanne altstatt (USA/D), subrosa (USA), susanne
ackers (D), susanna paasonen (SF), uli peter (D), ulrike bergermann (D),
virtuella (D), vns matrix (AUS), waltraud schwab (D), zorah-mari bauer (D)

For very extended info on OLD BOYS NETWORK (OBN) see http://www.obn.org

Adjunct Events:

Cyberfem Spirit - Spirit of Data
Exhibition, Edith-Russ-Haus fuer Medienkunst, Oldenburg/Germany
December 1st, 2001 - January 13th, 2002

concept: helene von oldenburg / curators: rosanne altstatt/helene von
oldenburg

participating artists:
ursula biemann (CH) - heather cassils / cathy davies (USA) - the gender
changer academy (NL, S, CA, ZA, HK) - diane ludin / francesca da rimini /
agnese trocchi / (USA, I, AUS) - jen liu (USA) - jenny marketou (GR) - die
patinnen teil II (D) - cornelia sollfrank (D) - pernille spence (GB) - linda
wallace (AUS)

opening reception: friday, nov 30th, 7 p.m.
special event at 8 p.m.: PowerPoint Performance 'Microsoft Me' by heather
cassils and cathy davies

more info see: http://www.edith-russ-haus.de

'technics of cyber<>feminism  <mode=message>'
hosted by thea.lit frauen.kuklturlabor bremen/germany
a 3 days lab on cyberfeminist theory
December 7th to December 9th,  2001 Künstlerhaus am Deich, Bremen/Germany
concept: claudia reiche - organisation: claudia reiche & andrea sick

speakers:
marie-luise angerer (D/AT), caroline bassett (GB), anne-marie schleiner
(USA), cathérine pelachaud (F), irina aristarkhova (RUS), faith wilding
(USA), cornelia sollfrank (D), ulrike bergermann (D), verena kuni (D),
marina grzinic (SLO), helene von oldenbirg (D), margaret morse (GB), yvonne
volkhart (CH), claudia reiche(D), andrea sick (D)

more info see: http://www.thealit.de

Old Boys Network (OBN)

The old boys network (OBN) came together in summer of 1997, to build up the
first international cyberfeminist alliance on- and offline. Basing itself on
the commitment to multiple and mutual cooperations as well as the idea of a
policy of dissent, the old boys network (OBN) works through personal and
media-based networks, thereby developing and practising a variety of
cyberfeminist strategies in the field of gender and electronic media.
In addition to their daily work on theories, practices, aesthetics and
politics of cyberfeminism(s), the active members of the old boys network
(OBN) aim to develop different formats for the distribution and exchange of
information and ideas. As well as maintaining the OBN homepage (www.obn.org)
and a mailing list, OBN regularly organizes live presentations, lectures,
workshops, and symposia for face-to-face-exchange, including conferences
like the First Cyberfeminist International (Kassel/Germany, September 1997,
in the context of Hybrid Workspace at documenta X), and the Next
Cyberfeminist International (Rotterdam and Amsterdam/NL, March 1999, in the
context of Next Five Minutes Festival), and currently the Very Cyberfeminist
International (Hamburg, 2001, in the context with Cyberfem Spirit - Spirit
of Data/exhibition, Edith-Russ-Haus fuer Medienkunst, Oldenburg and technics
of cyberfeminism, symposium/lab, thealit Frauen.Kultur.Labor, Bremen).
So far, the activities of OBN are documented not only online, accessable at
the OBN homepage (www.obn.org), but also in print with two OBN Readers,
published in 1998 and in 1999, available via email to boys@obn.org
(background infos and prices also to be found on our homepage,
http://www.obn.org).

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