- VNS Matrix
VNS Matrix was an
artist collective founded inAdelaide , Australia, in 1991, by Josephine Starrs, Julianne Pierce, Francesca da Rimini and Virginia Barratt. They are credited as being amongst the first artists to use the termcyberfeminism to describe their practice.Background
VNS Matrix was an Australian artist group who were active from 1991 to 1997.
In 1991 they wrote their [http://www.sysx.org/gashgirl/VNS/TEXT/PINKMANI.HTM "A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century"] [ [http://www.obn.org/reading_room/manifestos/html/cyberfeminist.html cyberfeminist manifesto for the 21st century by vns matrix ] ] and have been credited as among the first artists to use the term
cyberfeminism [Rosser, S.V., Through the Lenses of Feminist Theory: Focus on Women and Information Technology. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 2005. 26(1): p. 1-23.] .One of their first works was a 6 by 18 foot billboard announcing "the clitoris is a direct line to the matrix...". [Kim M. Phillips & Barry Reay, Sexualities in History: A Reader, 2001, Routledge, Page 434]
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External links
* [http://lx.sysx.org/vnsmatrix.html VNS Matrix official web site]
* [http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/artist/vns-matrix/biography/ VNS Matrix bio on Media Art Net]
* [http://www.obn.org/reading_room/manifestos/html/cyberfeminist.html Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century]
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