Radical Software: Women, Art and Computing Symposium
Join us on February 28, when we explore the history of digital art from a feminist perspective together with Kunsthalle Wien.
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TU Wien, Campus Karlsplatz
Prechtl-Saal -
1040 Vienna, Karlsplatz 13
Stiege 1, Erdgeschoß, Raum AAEG18 -
This event requires registration.
See description for details.
About
Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991 is the first survey to study the history of digital art from a feminist perspective. The symposium, organized by TU Wien Informatics, Kunsthalle Wien, and the Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI), offers the opportunity to explore thematic questions underlying the concept of the exhibition of the same name together with highly distinguished female researchers and artists. Keynote speeches and panel discussions emphasize and explore the contribution of women to the development of computers in general and digital art in particular.
- Venue: TU Wien, Prechtlsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien
- Organizers: TU Wien Informatics, Kunsthalle Wien, and Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI)
This Event is supported by:
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Let’s empower Austria (LEA)
- Semantic and Cryptographic Foundations of Security and Privacy by Compositional Design (SPyCoDe)
Registration
- Registration: Participation in the event is free of charge, but registration is required.
Program
Morning
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | Opening, registration, and coffee |
| 09:30–10:00 | Welcome Address by Michelle Cotton (Artistic Director, KHW), the Rectorate of TU Wien, and Laura Kovács (TU Wien Informatics & WPI) |
| 10:00–10:30 | Keynote by Margit Rosen (KHW) |
| 10:30–11:30 | Session 1: “Zeros and Ones, Computing before Microprocessing” by Ina Wagner (TU Wien), Zsofi Valyi-Nagy (KHW) |
| 11:30–12:00 | Q&A moderated by Philipp Steger (TU Wien) |
| 12:00–13:15 | Lunch break |
Afternoon
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 13:15–13:45 | Keynote by Gerti Kappel (Dean, TU Wien Informatics) |
| 13:45–15:15 | Session 2: “From the Electronic Cottage to the Virtual World” by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (KHW), Nadia Thalmann (MIRALab, University of Geneva), Tamiko Thiel (KHW) |
| 15:15–15:45 | Q&A moderated by Tamiko Thiel (KHW) |
| 15:45–16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15–17:15 | Closing Remarks chaired by Michelle Cotton with Gudrun Bielz, Inge Borchardt, Anna Bella Geiger, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Liliane Lijn, Sylvia Roubaud, Ruth Schnell, Nina Sobell, Tamiko Thiel, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven |
| From 17:15 | Drinks and Exchange with speakers, panelists, and guests |
Photographs and/or video will be taken at this event. By attending, you grant TU Wien Informatics full rights to use the material (and any reproductions or adaptations) for fundraising, publicity, or other purposes. This may include (but is not limited to) the right to use in our print and online publicity, social media, press releases, and funding applications. If you wish that no photographs explicitly depicting you are used for these purposes, please send an informal message. — Thank you!
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