New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts
edited by Donna Cox, Ellen Sandor and Janine Fron contributions by 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 Cox, Ellen Sandor, Janine Fron, Carolina Cruz-Niera, Colleen Bushell and Nan Goggin foreword by Lisa Wainwright, Anne Balsamo and Judy Malloy
University of Illinois Press, 2018 eISBN: 978-0-252-05018-3 | Paper: 978-0-252-08701-1 | Cloth: 978-0-252-04154-9 Library of Congress Classification N72.T4N49 2018 Dewey Decimal Classification 701.05
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 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.
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
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
New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts
edited by Donna Cox, Ellen Sandor and Janine Fron contributions by 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 Cox, Ellen Sandor, Janine Fron, Carolina Cruz-Niera, Colleen Bushell and Nan Goggin foreword by Lisa Wainwright, Anne Balsamo and Judy Malloy
University of Illinois Press, 2018 eISBN: 978-0-252-05018-3 Paper: 978-0-252-08701-1 Cloth: 978-0-252-04154-9
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 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.
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
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
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC