GENDER*UCK
Media art beyond and between concepts of Gender
Online Exhibition Curated by Olive Gingrich
In collaboration with National Gallery X | Designed by Aphra Shemza
BIRGITTA HOSEA | JAKE ELWES | DR. PAULA CALLUS | OLIVER M GINGRICH
PEJU ALATISE | DRUCILLA BURRELL | PAUL KINDERSLEY | JAMES NASMYTH | RO GREENGRASS
“Genderfuck is a portmanteau which refers to the self-conscious effort to "fuck with" or play with traditional notions of gender identity, gender roles, and gender presentation.” The title of this talk and online exhibition is programmatic, in presenting gender not as fixed, but as fluid, open for interpretation, discovery, and self-interpretation. 99 years after Man Ray took a photo of his friend Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy, gender continues to remain as personal as it is political.
Media arts question boundaries and definitions of societal concepts, including notions and conceptions of gender. Gender*uck presents a next generation of artists investigating boundaries of gender concepts. These young artists investigate gender fluid representation in diverse media: Where does technology empower, where does it limit our conceptions of self and other? How can we look beyond binary forms of representations in the context of the binary and digital in new media. In a tech-centric world of media abundance, what roles can artists play in questioning gender norms, gender representations and gender normativity?
Paul Kindersley looks at gender normalisations in youtube make-up tutorials. Drucilla Burrell investigates esthetics beyond gender definitions through her fine art photography series. Media artist Birgitta Hosea discusses gender in her animation and performance practice. Paula Callus is presenting her work with Nigerian women artists from an anthropological angle focusing upon the culturally located experiences of gender. James Nasmyth will present a photobooth that subverts gender conceptions. Artist Jake Elwes explores alternative gender representations in the context of machine learning algorithms: What happens when computers try to find patterns of beauty beyond gender concepts and their mathematical confinements. Last but not least, Ro Greengrass investigates non-binary concepts through their art and music creation and discusses the challenges of trans music artists in her new film in collaboration with Maddy Talks by Birgitta Hosea, Jake Elwes and Paula Callus will be presenting their work through talks will be contextualised by artist demos.
Together these artists discuss limitations, possibilities and the future of technology for art forms beyond gender in the context of New Media - in an evening curated by FLUX co-founder Olive Gingrich.
Media arts question boundaries and definitions of societal concepts, including notions and conceptions of gender. Gender*uck presents a next generation of artists investigating boundaries of gender concepts. These young artists investigate gender fluid representation in diverse media: Where does technology empower, where does it limit our conceptions of self and other? How can we look beyond binary forms of representations in the context of the binary and digital in new media. In a tech-centric world of media abundance, what roles can artists play in questioning gender norms, gender representations and gender normativity?
Paul Kindersley looks at gender normalisations in youtube make-up tutorials. Drucilla Burrell investigates esthetics beyond gender definitions through her fine art photography series. Media artist Birgitta Hosea discusses gender in her animation and performance practice. Paula Callus is presenting her work with Nigerian women artists from an anthropological angle focusing upon the culturally located experiences of gender. James Nasmyth will present a photobooth that subverts gender conceptions. Artist Jake Elwes explores alternative gender representations in the context of machine learning algorithms: What happens when computers try to find patterns of beauty beyond gender concepts and their mathematical confinements. Last but not least, Ro Greengrass investigates non-binary concepts through their art and music creation and discusses the challenges of trans music artists in her new film in collaboration with Maddy Talks by Birgitta Hosea, Jake Elwes and Paula Callus will be presenting their work through talks will be contextualised by artist demos.
Together these artists discuss limitations, possibilities and the future of technology for art forms beyond gender in the context of New Media - in an evening curated by FLUX co-founder Olive Gingrich.
The online exhibition accompanies an online talks event held on the 16th June between 6.30-8pm - see more info here.
Gender*uck is held in collaboration with National Gallery X