Legacy Russell: Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto (2020)
Filed under book | Tags: · body, cyberfeminism, feminism, gender, glitch, internet, race, technology, women
“Simone de Beauvoir said, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” The glitch announces: One is not born, but rather becomes, a body.
The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. What must we do to work out who we are, and where we belong? How do we find the space to grow, unite and confront the systems of oppression? This conflict can be found in the fissures between the body, gender and identity. Too often, the glitch is considered a mistake, a faulty overlaying, a bug in the system; in contrast, Russell compels us to find liberation here. In a radical call to arms, Legacy Russell argues that we need to embrace the glitch in order to break down the binaries and limitations that define gender, race, sexuality.
Glitch Feminism is a vital new chapter in cyberfeminism, one that explores the relationship between gender, technology and identity. In an urgent manifesto, Russell reveals the many ways that the glitch performs and transforms: how it refuses, throws shade, ghosts, encrypt, mobilises and survives. Developing the argument through memoir, art and critical theory, Russell also looks at the work of contemporary artists who travel through the glitch in their work. Timely and provocative, Glitch Feminism shows how an error can be a revolution.”
Publisher Verso, London, 2020
ISBN 9781786632661, 1786632667
176 pages
Reviews: Rahel Aima (Bookforum, 2020), R.V. Campbell (The White Review, 2020), Johanna Marie Engemann (re:visions, 2020, DE), Ondřej Trhoň (Revue Prostor, 2020, CZ), Pauline Nguyen (Femme Art Review, 2021), Miranda Findlay (Feminist Formations, 2021), O.K. Keyes (Studies in Art Education, 2021), Hannah Curran-Troop & Annelot Prins (Eur J Cult Stud, 2022), Zoe Hurley (Postdigital Sci & Edu, 2023), Ondřej Trhoň (Artalk.cz, 2023, CZ).
Interviews with author: Mikkel Rosengaard (Bookforum, 2020), Ben Davis (artnet, 2020), ATM (2020), William Kherbek (Berlin Art Link, 2020).
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Comment (0)Benjamin Gaulon (ed.): DeFunct/ReFunct, catalogue (2011)
Filed under catalogue | Tags: · art, circuit bending, error, glitch, hardware hacking, media art, physical computing, programming, recycling, technology
Mobile phones, communication devices, game consoles and PCs have short lifespans. How can we rethink, reuse and reinvent our e-waste? Hardware hacking, programming and physical computing are becoming part of artistic scope. There is a growing interest among artists and designers to know more about these domains of creation.
Catalogue for the DeFunct/ReFunct exhibition held in Rua Red, Dublin, as part of the Glitch Festival.
With texts by Benjamin Gaulon, Garnet Hertz & Jussi Parikka, Rosa Menkman, Alessandro Ludovico, Eduardo Navas, Phillip Stearns.
Featured artists: LoVid (Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus), Gijs Gieskes, Recyclism (Benjamin Gaulon), MNK (Karl Klomp), TokTek (Tom Vebrugen), Rosa Menkman
Publisher RUA RED, Dublin, Ireland
ISBN 9780957077713
32 pages
Silvio Lorusso, Sebastian Schmieg: 56 Broken Kindle Screens (2012)
Filed under artist publishing | Tags: · book, e-book, glitch
56 Broken Kindle Screens is a print on demand paperback that consists of found photos depicting broken Kindle screens. The Kindle is Amazon’s e-reading device which is by default connected to the company’s book store.
The book takes as its starting point the peculiar aesthetic of broken E Ink displays and serves as an examination into the reading device’s materiality. As the screens break, they become collages composed of different pages, cover illustrations and interface elements.
Self-published on 13 August 2012
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
ISBN 9781105949340
78 pages
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