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Rituals for a new world

Exhibition

from 15 Feb to 07 May 2023

A conversation exploring the "Cyberfeminism Index", which documents instances of techno-critical activism that propose the internet as an intimately relational and radical space.

Founded and edited by designer, professor, and researcher Mindy Seu, "Cyberfeminism Index "documents 700 instances of radical techno-critical activism, feminist manifestos, hackerspaces, hardware, wetware education and net art from 1991 to 2020. By gathering and sharing excluded tech histories, the project reclaims cyberspace as a platform for criticality, mutation and entanglement.

As an online database, and a book, "Cyberfeminism Index" documents the perspectives of hackers, scholars, artists, and activists of diverse identities to consider how humans might continue to reconstruct themselves with and through technologies.

In conversation with Madeleine Planeix-Crocker, associate curator.
Mindy Seu, Cyberfeminism Index © Chloé Magdelaine
Mindy Seu, Cyberfeminism Index © Chloé Magdelaine
Mindy Seu, Cyberfeminism Index © Chloé Magdelaine
Mindy Seu is a designer and technologist based in New York City.

Her expanded practice involves archival projects, techno-critical writing, performative lectures, design commissions, and close collaborations. Her latest writing surveys historical precursors of the metaverse and reveals the materiality of the internet. Mindy’s ongoing Cyberfeminism Index, which gathers three decades of online activism and net art, was commissioned by Rhizome and presented at the New Museum in its online form, and its print form is a recipient of a Graham Foundation Grant.

She has lectured internationally at cultural institutions (Barbican Centre, New Museum), academic institutions (Columbia University, Central Saint Martins), and mainstream platforms (Pornhub, SSENSE, Google), among many others, and has been a resident at MacDowell, Sitterwerk Foundation, Pioneer Works, and Internet Archive. Mindy holds an M.Des. from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Design Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

She is currently Assistant Professor at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and Critic at Yale School of Art.

Madeleine Planeix-Crocker is Curator of Performance and Live Arts at Lafayette Anticipations. Since 2021, she has held the positions of the « Troubles, alliances et esthétiques » co-Chair and professor of art theory at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Madeleine received her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University before pursuing a Masters in « Media, Arts and Creation » at HEC Paris and a Master 2 in gender and performance studies at the EHESS. There, she led an arts-based research project with the nonprofit Women Safe, where she continues to facilitate a creative writing and theatre workshop. Madeleine is currently completing her PhD at the EHESS ; her dissertation research examines contemporary methods for devising performance in France.

Her most recent writing can be found in CURA., OnCurating, SwitchOn Paper, and EarthKeepingEarthShaking. She has curated two group shows : Spine at GIANNI MANHATTAN as part of Curated by (Vienna, 2024), as well as Scabs at the Mécènes du Sud (Montpellier, 2023). Madeleine pursues her training in contemporary dance.

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