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'''Mara Karayanni''' (Μάρα Καραγιάννη, 1979, [[Athens]]) studied photography and graphic arts at the Fine Arts School of Athens and hold a Masters in media design from the [[Networked Media Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam|Piet Zwart Institute]] in Rotterdam (2008). They create software and hardware tools for interactive projects and work as a freelance web designer and developer using free and open source software. Mara  collaborated with choreographer [[Thomas Körtvélyessy]] and composer [[Sjoerd Leijten]] to reflect on authorship and open/closed structures in dance and sound composition with the use of notations and code. They have also given lectures about the complexities of copyright licensing. Mara is a member of the [[Genderchangers]] and [[Media Liberation Front/Feminism]] collectives which have organized workshops and events about media and public space. They lived in [[Rotterdam]], [[Brussels]], [[Paris]] and [[Athens]]. (2022)
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'''Mara Karayanni''' (Μάρα Καραγιάννη, [[Athens]]) is a technologist, educator and artist. Mara’s work involves computational and analogue media for publishing, print-making, computer programming, making artistic technical manuals, and writing gender critique based texts about internet and the Free and Open Source technologies. Mara is part of the feminist server [https://systerserver.net/ Systerserver], where they host mailing lists, code repository, wiki, streaming and video based experimental artworks about cyber and techno-feminism. Mara studied graphic arts at the Fine Arts School of Athens and hold a Masters in media design from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (2008). Currently Mara teaches at ERG - École de recherche graphique in the [https://wiki.erg.be/m/#Arts_num%C3%A9riques Digital Arts Department].
  
 
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* [http://mlff.org/ Propaganda Machine]
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* [https://psaroskalazines.gr/zines/ Artistic tech manuals]
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* [https://psaroskalazines.gr/zines/RTFM/ Read The Feminist Manual]
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* [https://cucu.gr/prints/ Silkscreens]
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* [http://mlff.org/ Media Liberation Front Feminism]
 
* [http://mara.multiplace.org/notations-under-provisions Notations Under Provisions]
 
* [http://mara.multiplace.org/notations-under-provisions Notations Under Provisions]
 
* [http://mara.multiplace.org/content-removed-walls-installed/ Content removed / Walls installed]
 
* [http://mara.multiplace.org/content-removed-walls-installed/ Content removed / Walls installed]
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* [https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v12i1.140450 "From Feminist Servers to Feminist Federation"], ARPJA, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023): Minor Tech,
 
* [http://computationalculture.net/software-as-dispute-resolution-system-design-effect-and-cultural-monetization/ "Software As Dispute Resolution System: Design, Effect and Cultural Monetization"], ''Computational Culture'' 7, Oct 2019.
 
* [http://computationalculture.net/software-as-dispute-resolution-system-design-effect-and-cultural-monetization/ "Software As Dispute Resolution System: Design, Effect and Cultural Monetization"], ''Computational Culture'' 7, Oct 2019.
 
* ''[[Media:Tunnel_Up_Tunnel_Down_A_Zine_About_Private_Virtual_Networks_2019.pdf|Tunnel Up / Tunnel Down: A Zine About Private Virtual Networks]]'', 2019.
 
* ''[[Media:Tunnel_Up_Tunnel_Down_A_Zine_About_Private_Virtual_Networks_2019.pdf|Tunnel Up / Tunnel Down: A Zine About Private Virtual Networks]]'', 2019.
** ''[[Media:Tunnel ouvert tunnel ferme un zine sur les reseaux prives virtuels 2020.pdf|Tunnel ouvert / tunnel fermé: un zine sur les réseaux privés virtuels]]'', 2020.
 
* [https://psaroskalazines.gr/ Psaroskala Zines]
 
  
 
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* [[Mastodon::https://systerserver.town/@mara]] [[Base:Mastodon|(Mastodon)]]
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* [[Mastodon::https://systerserver.town/@mara|Mastodon]]
 
* [https://pixelfed.social/mara Pixelfed]
 
* [https://pixelfed.social/mara Pixelfed]
  
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[[Series:Feminist servers|Mara Karayanni]] [[Series:Servers|Mara Karayanni]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:56, 2 September 2025

Born Athens
Lives in Brussels
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Mara Karayanni (Μάρα Καραγιάννη, Athens) is a technologist, educator and artist. Mara’s work involves computational and analogue media for publishing, print-making, computer programming, making artistic technical manuals, and writing gender critique based texts about internet and the Free and Open Source technologies. Mara is part of the feminist server Systerserver, where they host mailing lists, code repository, wiki, streaming and video based experimental artworks about cyber and techno-feminism. Mara studied graphic arts at the Fine Arts School of Athens and hold a Masters in media design from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (2008). Currently Mara teaches at ERG - École de recherche graphique in the Digital Arts Department.

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