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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dear all</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I hope you can join us for the Technology Is Not Neutral symposium at Watermans next Saturday. The event is free, but booking is required.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Please see below for the schedule and info. </span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Best wishes</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Irini </span></p>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Irini Papadimitriou</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Head of New Media Arts Development</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Watermans</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">40 High Street</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brentford </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">TW8 0DS</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Direct line:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a value="+442082321012"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+44 (0)20 8232 1012</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Admin:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a value="+442082321020"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+44 (0)20 8232 1020</span></a>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Technology is Not Neutral</span> </b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;">Symposium</b></div>
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3 December 2016</div>
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Watermans, London</div>
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Free, booking required<br>
<a href="https://www.watermans.org.uk/events/technology-is-not-neutral-symposium/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.watermans.org.uk/e<wbr>vents/technology-is-not-neutra<wbr>l-symposium/</a><br>
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Symposium schedule:<br>
11.00 Welcome<br>
Chair: Irini Papadimitriou<br>
11.10 - 11.40 Gordana Novakovic: Introduction to the project<br>
11.45 - 12.15 Melanie Lenz<br>
12.20 - 12 50 Julie Freeman<br>
12.50 - 14.10 Lunch and gallery break<br>
Chair: Gordana Novakovic<br>
14.15 - 14.45 Hannah Redler<br>
14.50 - 15.20 Josephine Berry<br>
15.25 - 16.00 Cornelia Sollfrank (via Skype)<br>
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break<br>
Moderator: Bronac Ferran<br>
16.30 - 18.00 Plenary discussion with speakers, artists, and audience <br>
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The 'Technology Is Not Neutral' project was inspired by the desire to counteract the frequent under-representation of the achievements of women in the field of digital art. Whereas the touring exhibition showcases the quality and diversity of the work of female
digital artists, this symposium addresses the causes and effects of the problem, and opens up a space for challenging the status quo and the presumptions on which the history of digital art is written.<br>
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Many of the causes of the current situation are not specific to the area of female digital art, but are also linked to the wider socio-political effects of technology, and technology, as the project title declares, is not neutral. The speakers, all female,
will include curators, digital artists, media activists, academics, and feminists, and will therefore offer a variety of perspectives relevant to the central issue. The questions addressed may include, among others:<br>
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- How does the current state of affairs affect female digital artists and their practices?<br>
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- Has there been any improvement in the representation of women in digital art since the discipline began?<br>
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- What are the approaches and strategies that they apply to engage with these issues, and which are most effective?<br>
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- What is the relevance of cyberfeminism today to female digital artists?<br>
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- Are female digital artists facing a glass ceiling syndrome, so common in many other professions, when it comes to curating major exhibitions and evaluating and documenting the past?<br>
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The closing plenary session of the symposium will offer a space for artists, speakers, and the audience to review and discuss the experiences and lessons from the symposium and the exhibition. This structured discussion will also act as a starting point for
the project to formulate and disseminate a strategic guide for the future development and promotion of women working in the digital arts.<br>
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Speakers:<br>
Dr Josephine Berry, Goldsmiths University of London, <a href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/berry-josephine/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.gold.ac.uk/<wbr>cultural-studies/staff/berry-j<wbr>osephine/</a><br>
Melanie Lenz, Curator of Digital Art, V&A<br>
Julie Freeman, artist, <a href="http://www.translatingnature.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.translating<wbr>nature.org/</a><br>
Hannah Redler, art curator, <a href="https://theodi.org/team/hannah-redler" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://theodi.org/te<wbr>am/hannah-redler</a><br>
Dr Cornelia Sollfrank, artist and Cyberfeminism pioneer <a href="http://www.artwarez.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.artwarez.or<wbr>g/</a> (Cornelia Sollfrank will join the symposium online)<br>
Bronac Ferran, writer, curator and researcher, <a href="http://www.boundaryobject.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.boundar<wbr>yobject.org/</a></div>
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