Hardware and Eco-Feminist Art

Hacking and Artistic Practices Towards Ethical Technology
Auflage - Neueauflage
ISBN: 978-3-8376-7862-8
Verlag: Transcript Verlag

Buch, Englisch, Band 81, 130 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Digitale Gesellschaft

It is an open secret that the hardware in our smart devices contains plastics and also raw materials mined from conflict regions. Can we move beyond this oppressive system of extraction to find ethical alternatives? Feminist hackers Patrícia Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz discuss developing technology through eco-feminist artistic tools, rooted in care economies, local knowledges and collective survival. Through an intensive knowledge-sharing process and collaboration with peers, they unpack eco-feminist theory and practices to propose resistance strategies grounded in ethical hardware and de-growth economies – contributing significantly to the new field of arts-based research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reis, Patrícia

Wuschitz, Stefanie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie

Über Autor(innen)

Reis, Patrícia
Patrícia Reis (Ph.D.), born in 1981, is a media artist and researcher exploring human and more-than-human entanglements with technology through feminist hacking, sensory interaction, and embodied interfaces. Her work investigates touch, consent, and care via physical computing, interfaces, and haptic art. She is a board member of the art collective Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory, curating exhibitions and collaborating on art, gender, science, and open-source technology, and leads the arts-based research project Hacking the Body as the Black Box at Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, where she taught in the Digital Arts Department since 2015.

Wuschitz, Stefanie
Stefanie Wuschitz (Ph.D.), born in 1981, is an artist, activist and researcher investigating strategies to demystify and decolonise technology. She applies critical media practices like feminist hacking, open-source technology and peer production to create interactive installations and animations. She founded the feminist hacklab and art collective Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory, which she co-organised until 2023, and conducted several arts-based research projects as PI at Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien and Technische Universität Berlin.