<nettime> Re: This artwork degrades women.

[Faith Wilding <fwild+@andrew.cmu.edu>]

I would like to thank Simon Penny for his piece on Alexander Brandt's work
at ISEA, and I would like to undescore all that Rachel Schreiber said in
her thoughtful response. Though I was not at ISEA i followed the meeting
of Faces there with interest.  

Indeed cyber- and other forms of feminism are not dead though they are
often silenced and marginalized by official festivals (even though these
festivals often represent themselves as being cutting edge, avantgarde, or
activist). As Next Sex at ARS clearly showed, and ISEA corroborated, there
is an urgent need for cyberfeminist organizing, critique, intervention,
and for proactive work which does not always have to take the form of
protesting the depredations that occur every day. I am glad Simon Penny
voiced his honest indignation. We need so many more voices to speak and
act up. 

In solidarity, Faith Wilding




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