Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991
The symposium “Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991” is organized by TU Wien Informatics, Kunsthalle Wien, and the Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI) as part of an exhibition examining the history of digital art through a feminist lens. Keynote speeches and panel discussions will underscore and delve into the pivotal roles women have played in advancing computer technology and digital art. The 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: Participation in the event is free of charge, but registration is required.
Program
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
13:15–13:45 - Keynote by Gerti Kappel (Dean, TU Wien Informatics)
13:45–15:15 - Session 2 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
