New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts

by Donna Cox (Editor), Ellen Sandor (Editor), Janine Fron (Editor), Lisa Wainwright (Foreword by), Anne Balsamo (Foreword by)

Overview

Trailblazing women working in digital arts media and education established the Midwest as an international center for the artistic and digital revolution in the 1980s and beyond. Foundational events at the University of Illinois and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago created an authentic, community-driven atmosphere of creative expression, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration that crossed gender lines and introduced artistically informed approaches to advanced research. Interweaving historical research with interviews and full-color illustrations, New Media Futures captures the spirit and contributions of twenty-two women working within emergent media as diverse as digital games, virtual reality, medicine, supercomputing visualization, and browser-based art. The editors and contributors give voice as creators integral to the development of these new media and place their works at the forefront of social change and artistic inquiry. What emerges is the dramatic story of how these Midwestern explorations in the digital arts produced a web of fascinating relationships. These fruitful collaborations helped usher in the digital age that propelled social media. Contributors: Carolina Cruz-Niera, Colleen Bushell, Nan Goggin, Mary Rasmussen, Dana Plepys, Maxine Brown, Martyl Langsdorf, Joan Truckenbrod, Barbara Sykes, Abina Manning, Annette Barbier, Margaret Dolinsky, Tiffany Holmes, Claudia Hart, Brenda Laurel, Copper Giloth, Jane Veeder, Sally Rosenthal, Lucy Petrovic, Donna J. Cox, Ellen Sandor, and Janine Fron.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252050183
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	05/30/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	71 MB
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About the Author

Donna J. Cox is the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications research and education division, the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, and the Illinois eDream (Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media) Institute, and a professor in the School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ellen Sandor is the founding artist and director of (art)n, cofounder of the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection, and advisory board chair at the Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Janine Fron is an independent game artist and researcher, cofounder of Ludica, and the creative director of (art)n.

Table of Contents

Title Copyright Contents Foreword by Lisa Wainwright Foreword by Anne Balsamo Foreword by Judy Malloy Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART 1. RENAISSANCE TEAMS: ART AND SCIENCE COLLABORATIONS Ellen Sandor Donna J. Cox Carolina Cruz-Neira Colleen Bushell Nan Goggin Mary Rasmussen Dana Plepys Maxine Brown Martyl Part 1 Color Plates PART 2. THE AESTHETICS OF NEW MEDIA EXPRESSION Joan Truckenbrod Barbara Sykes Kate Horsfield and Lyn Blumenthal Annette Barbier Margaret Dolinsky Tiffany Holmes Claudia Hart Part 2 Color Plates PART 3. MIGRATORY INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATIONS Brenda Laurel (California) Copper Giloth (Massachusetts, France) Jane Veeder (California) Sally Rosenthal (California) Lucy Petrovic (New Mexico, Arizona, Singapore) Janine Fron Part 3 Color Plates Closing Reflections Appendix: Original List of Guiding Interview Questions Glossary References Index

Editorial Reviews

"This is a book that can be picked up and opened to any area to explore. If you do, you will come away a little bit wiser, certainly more informed and totally impressed with what these women have done." —Illinois Times


"This important anthology offers riveting testimonials to the tangible contributions of women during the dawn of the digital era. Concentrated in the Midwest, these scientists, inventors, designers and artists faced down gender bias to shape the global future of technology and culture."—Sara Diamond, President, OCAD University


"It was one of the formative periods in my life to be associated with many of the creative women in this book. It was a magic period, when these women helped transform the world as we knew it. I am so happy to see their innovative work is finally getting
  "New Media Futures will be a rewarding read and a prized possession for scholars interested in the experimental, creative spaces for art carved out by women working between the coasts. . . . The many images from the artists’ own collections, and stories told in their own words make this lively and engaging volume a welcome addition to the literatures on women’s history, the histories of computing, and the digital media arts." —Platypus

"This is a fascinating and important book. It will appeal to scientists, technologists, artists and the general public. It tells wonderfully exciting stories of creative, risk-taking women (and men) that will inspire present and future generations. These stories demonstrate that the creative spark that drives scientists and artists knows no disciplinary boundaries. And it is simply a delightful read."—Walter E. Massey, Chancellor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

"New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts is poised to become a valuable study tool for those interested in the intersection between art, women artists, and technology." —Hyperallergic

“A very necessary book that all daughters should read." —Shannon Jackson, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Arts and Design, University of California, Berkeley

"New Media Futures is an important and interesting work not only because it seeks to create a history of largely undocumented subject, the importance of women and the Midwest to digital arts, but also because of the approach the editors take to the work. . . . Anyone from a casual reader to an artist, scientist, or academic may learn from and appreciate this work." —Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

"New Media Futures will be a rewarding read and a prized possession for scholars interested in the experimental, creative spaces for art carved out by women working between the coasts. . . . The many images from the artists’ own collections, and stories told in their own words make this lively and engaging volume a welcome addition to the literatures on women’s history, the histories of computing, and the digital media arts." —Platypus

"It was one of the formative periods in my life to be associated with many of the creative women in this book. It was a magic period, when these women helped transform the world as we knew it. I am so happy to see their innovative work is finally getting the attention it deserves."—Larry Smarr, Founding Director, Calit2 and NCSA

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