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The Network for Women in Digital Arts Promoting women’s creativity Agora Digital empowers the digital artists’ community by promoting and sharing great artworks made by women in the New Media Art. Agora Digital Art is a certified social enterprise that initiates dialogue around Digital Art and Technology. We are building a vibrant community to embrace the Digital Art experience, to explore the new developments related to art and technology, to engage with a growing Digital Art net Stay tuned, subscribe to our e-news: https://agoradigital.art read less
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22.07.01 Agora Podcast: Gertrūda Gilytė presents "Neuroplasticity or I Love You Gertrūda"
02-07-2022
22.07.01 Agora Podcast: Gertrūda Gilytė presents "Neuroplasticity or I Love You Gertrūda"
Residency Curator: Elizabeth Richardson Learn about this whimsical residency ►► here Join us for the Hubs Party on 19 July 2022, at 6 pm BST | 7 pm CEST Have you ever thought of knitting a love letter to yourself? Gertrūda Gilytė’s durational project: Neuroplasticity or I Love You Gertrūda, does just that. Gilytė merges knitting and TikTok-based video performance to explore self-help discourse and the rise of online mindfulness trends. Gertrūda Gilytė uses personal development as performance, exploring how self-development practices and personal vulnerabilities may be explored as an artistic tool. Neuroplasticity or I Love You Gertrūda examines personal development through knitting, a craft and method that has proven health and wellbeing benefits, including improving neuroplasticity, lowering blood pressure and slowing the onset of dementia, as well as reducing loneliness, anxiety and depression. “Neuroplasticity” refers to the means by which neural networks may be formed or reinforced through new skills or movements. This project represents Gilytė’s desire to also explore “the object” and its place within art history. Gilytė has made a daily commitment to knitting “I love you”s into neon green scarves and documenting her process on TikTok until one of her scarves is sold in the art market. Her definitive goal of attributing art market value to a self-improvement object seeks to reflect the means by which personal development practices are becoming increasingly commodified. This critique is amplified through the use of TikTok as a performance space and tool, in which Gilytė submerges within a narrative of influencer culture and mainstream personal development trends. Gilytė documents this process through daily TikTok videos that take place in various performative settings, accompanied by voice-overs that explore both her personal development and the performative aspects of a digital mindfulness persona. The artist questions the sincerity of her performance throughout, as Gilytė illuminates in one TikTok: “knitting is somehow seen as being a really wholesome activity, domestic and fragile maybe, […] but does it remain the same way if it’s purely performative? If, for example, I’m not wholesome at all but want to trick you, to appear this way?” About the artist Gertrūda Gilytė (born 1992, Lithuania) is a New Media artist whose work revolves around the theme of “personal development as a performative practice”. In 2022, she finished her MA in Art in Context at the University of Arts, Berlin. In 2016, she graduated from Sculpture Department at Vilnius Academy of Arts.  In 2015, she graduated in Political Science at Vilnius University. #AgoraDigitalArt #GertrudaGilyte #ILoveYouGertruda #Neuroplasticity #WomenInNewMedia
22.03.10 Agora Residency: X-pop by Leah Roh
17-03-2022
22.03.10 Agora Residency: X-pop by Leah Roh
For this #womensmonth, discover the artist residency project X-pop by @leahroh ►► More info  What comes into your mind when you think about Oriental women? Are they smiley discreet yellow faces, are they K-pop chic or cynical like in the Squid Game series? In this work called X-pop, Leah Roh confronts the covert and overt racist depictions of East-Asian archetypes from pop culture, in a gamified satirical web-based VR experience. The viewer will experience the X-pop, a virtual celebration of Hollywood’s “Asian-American” community, in Mozilla Hubs. About the artist Leah Roh (b. 1991 – USA) is a Brooklyn-based 3D artist and educator. She builds computer-generated experiences that explore the ways in which interactive technologies can bridge the gap between new media and pop culture. Through 3D animation and game engine software, Leah designs engaging experiences based on her personal relationship with overt and covert systemic racism and sexism as a Korean-American woman, stemming from the inequities in representation in mainstream media. Her practice examines how virtual mediums can cultivate accessible spaces for cultural engagement and be applied for experiential education and storytelling. She is a NEW INC alum and currently teaches Experiential Art at Pratt Institute’s New Media programme and 3D design at NYU’s Integrated Design Media programme. About @AgoraDigitalArt Agora Digital Art is a certified social enterprise. We are one of the most dynamic creative hubs in London. We champion artists who have something to say. We bring diverse communities and artists together. With your generous support, we will build the best digital network. ►► Donate via Paypal #leahroh #3Dartist #xpop #kpop #kdrama #koreanamerican #madeinusa #womenindigitalart #AgoraDigitalArt #internationalwomensday #venusofmetaverse
22.03.13 Recentering #2: Vanessa Murrell from DATEAGLE ART
13-03-2022
22.03.13 Recentering #2: Vanessa Murrell from DATEAGLE ART
Hosted by Bethan Carrick @bethanelericarrick Vanessa talks to Beth about DATEAGLE ART’s recent projects and discusses the everyday considerations that curators and gallerists go through to reach sustainable goals. Revealing how exhibition-making is not a simple path from artist to viewer, instead of being a constant mediation of multiple webs, Vanessa considers the path to achieving sustainability through curation. DATEAGLE ART is a London-based contemporary art platform highlighting emerging and under-represented artists, founded in 2017 by curatorial duo Martin Mayorga and Vanessa Murrell. The pair have established a diverse, creative community through their intimate approach to connecting with artists. Cultivating online journal content, studio visits, interviews, offline exhibitions and public programming, the platform engages in an extensive discourse, observed through the lens of the artists they work with. Originating from Spain, Vanessa Murrell is an art curator, educator and writer based in London. Concerned with the inclusivity of emerging artists and neglected sectors, she co-founded the contemporary art platform DATEAGLE ART in 2017. She has interviewed 150+ UK artists, co-curated exhibitions introducing 50+ artists and expanded her activities with commissions, exhibitions, educational initiatives and public programming. Her texts have been published in  Coeval, Dazed, émergent, Flash Art, METAL, Ocula, Soft Punk and Something Curated About @AgoraDigitalArt Agora Digital Art is a certified social enterprise. We are one of the most dynamic creative hubs in London. We champion artists who have something to say. We bring diverse communities and artists together. With your generous support, we will build the best digital network. ►► Donate via Paypal #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #AgoraDigitalArt #Gateagleart
21.11.09 Agora Residency: “honey, i’m home”); - Amiss Collective
19-11-2021
21.11.09 Agora Residency: “honey, i’m home”); - Amiss Collective
Raluca Moldoveanu and Alice Prum (Amiss Collective) talked with Isabella Helms about their residency project “honey, i’m home”); As the domestic landscape engages with objects in relation to social constructs, the Amiss proposal captures meanings within objects of the banal: mirrors and concepts of identity and vanity; laptops and notions of digital connectivity; cleaning supplies as a reflection on gender roles; makeup items suggesting the struggle surrounding beauty standards; magazines and idea of connection with media and culture; beds and definitions of sexuality. The use of some of the stated above objects supports the intrinsic nature of biases which has become embedded seamlessly into our daily routines. Each of such objects would be used as a trigger for a curated collage video reflecting on media and iconic popular culture moments, suggesting that such items not only further embody critical social significance but also bring forward the intersection of digital and physical space. Curated and Moderated by Isabella Helms Visit the VR Exhibition: “honey, i’m home”); ►► Hubs Mozilla About the artists Amiss Collective is an artist duo founded in 2021 composed of Raluca Moldoveanu and Alice Prum. The pair met while completing their Masters in Architecture at the Royal College of Art as part of ADS8: Data Matter, with Ippolito Pestellini, Kamil Hilmi Dalkir and Rhiarna Dhaliwal. bout @AgoraDigitalArt Agora Digital Art is a certified social enterprise. We are one of the most dynamic creative hubs in London. We champion artists who have something to say. We bring diverse communities and artists together. With your generous support, we will build the best digital network. ►► Donate via Paypal #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #Amiss #HoneyImHome #IsabellaHelms #AgoraDigitalArt
21.09.22 Agora Residency: "m o r e" [m á s] - Residencia del artista Gabriela Reyes (en español)
05-11-2021
21.09.22 Agora Residency: "m o r e" [m á s] - Residencia del artista Gabriela Reyes (en español)
Gabriela Reyes alias @CeroTres conversó con MiMi sobre su residencia en Ágora. 👉 Descubre su nuevo proyecto llamado “m o r e” mezclando nuestras emociones con su arte generativo abstracto monocromático y su sonido. Curada y moderada por Liz Richardson Visite la exposición de realidad virtual: más ►► Hubs Mozilla diseñados por @Metaxustudio Sobre el artista Gabriela Reyes (B. 1990, México). Diseñador y Artista Multimedia egresado de la Escuela de Diseño del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes de México. El desarrollo de su trabajo artístico es un acompañamiento entre la programación visual, la electrónica básica y la exploración fenomenológica de la luz y el espacio. Ha mostrado su trabajo individual en pequeños festivales dirigidos a mujeres y grupos no binarios en México y su trabajo colectivo en México y en el exterior en espacios como: NODE Forum for Digital Arts 2020 (Frankfurt | DE), Athens Digital Arts Festival 2020 ( Atenas | GR), Centro de Cultura Digital (Ciudad de México | MX), Paradise Festival (Cap Cana | DR), Centro Nacional de las Artes (Ciudad de México | MX), CMD_Festival (Ciudad de México | MX), Showfields ( Nueva York | UE), Earsten Bloc (Montreal | CA), Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Manizales | CO), entre otros. Acerca de @AgoraDigitalArt Agora Digital Art es una empresa social certificada. Somos uno de los centros creativos más dinámicos de Londres. Defendemos a los artistas que tienen algo que decir. Reunimos a diversas comunidades y artistas. Con su generoso apoyo, construiremos la mejor red digital. ►► Donar via Paypal #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #GabrielaReyes #CeroTres #ElizabethRichardson #AgoraDigitalArt
21.09.22 Agora Residency: More - Gabriela Reyes artist's residency (new recording)
04-11-2021
21.09.22 Agora Residency: More - Gabriela Reyes artist's residency (new recording)
Gabriela Reyes aka @CeroTres conversed with Liz Richardson @_Liz_Richardson about her Agora's Residency. 👉 Discover her new project called “m o r e” mixing our emotions with her monochrome abstract generative art and sound. Curated and Moderated by Liz Richardson Visit the VR Exhibition: m o r e ►► Hubs Mozilla designed by @Metaxustudio About the artist Gabriela Reyes (B. 1990, México). Designer and Multimedia Artist graduated from the School of Design of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico. The development of her artistic work is an accompaniment between visual programming, basic electronics and phenomenological exploration of light and space. She has shown her individual work in small festivals geared towards women and non-binary groups in Mexico and her collective work in Mexico and abroad in spaces such as: NODE Forum for Digital Arts 2020 (Frankfurt | DE), Athens Digital Arts Festival 2020 (Atenas | GR), Centro de Cultura Digital (Ciudad de México | MX), Paradise Festival (Cap Cana | DR), Centro Nacional de las Artes (Ciudad de México | MX), CMD_Festival (Ciudad de México | MX), Showfields (Nueva York | EU), Earsten Bloc (Montreal | CA), Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Manizales | CO), among others. About @AgoraDigitalArt Agora Digital Art is a certified social enterprise. We are one of the most dynamic creative hubs in London. We champion artists who have something to say. We bring diverse communities and artists together. With your generous support, we will build the best digital network. ►► Donate via Paypal #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #GabrielaReyes #CeroTres #ElizabethRichardson #AgoraDigitalArt
21.11.05 Agora Residency: Women in Proverbs - Irem Çoban (in English)
16-10-2021
21.11.05 Agora Residency: Women in Proverbs - Irem Çoban (in English)
Are all proverbs always wise? Discover some extravagant thoughts about women with Turkish illustrator, Irem Çoban. Artist: Irem Çoban Project: Women in Proverbs Digital Curator: Isil Celik Wherever you are from and whichever language you speak, just think of a proverb that objectifies or disparages women. Most probably, you will come up with one, if not with many. The Digital Art exhibition Women in Proverbs provides a colourful criticism of the ways in which proverbs around the world depict women. This year, Agora Digital Art’s artist in resident in September was İrem Çoban, a Turkish Digital Art artist and academic. Çoban’s art practice merges illustration, videography and cinema with a focus on gender studies. Through her work, Irem brings a critical visual narrative to the issues women face worldwide. Proverbs can be seen as condensed moral guides to life. As a matter of fact, they communicate perceived truths and commonly shared values of the culture for which they speak. Despite being cultural, they lay claim to truth and make a random cultural idea sound like absolute wisdom. This way, proverbs don’t only mirror cultural values but also function as ideological tools that transmit and revitalise those values within and in-between generations. It is not surprising that patriarchal cultures produce proverbs that devalue, objectify, and demonise women. For identity is plastic and it is socially constructed in connection with cultural values, in patriarchal societies, those proverbs ensure that women are perceived as naturally degraded or villains. By teaching how to see women, they help to construct woman-identity as such. As a result, they play a historical role in the persecution of women’s existence through witch-hunts, insane asylums, child marriages, infanticides and so on. #IremCoban #IsilCelik #AgoraDigitalArt #WomenInProverbs #WomeninDigitalArt
21.11.05 Agora Residency: Atasözlerinde Kadın - İrem Çoban (Türkiye’den Misafir Sanatçı)
16-10-2021
21.11.05 Agora Residency: Atasözlerinde Kadın - İrem Çoban (Türkiye’den Misafir Sanatçı)
Atasözleri her zaman doğru mu söyler? Türk illüstratör İrem Çoban ile kadınlar hakkında yanlış bilinenleri keşfedin. Sanatçı: Irem Çoban Proje: Atasözlerinde Kadın - Women in Proverbs Dijital Küratör: Işıl Ezgi Çelik Nereden olursanız olun ve hangi dili konuşursanız konuşun, kadınları nesneleştiren veya küçük düşüren bir atasözü düşünün. Büyük olasılıkla, birçoğu olmasa da bir tane bulacaksınız. Kadın Atasözleri Dijital Sanat sergisi, dünyanın dört bir yanındaki atasözlerinin kadınları tasvir etme biçimlerine renkli bir eleştiri sunuyor. Bu yıl, Agora Digital Art'ın Eylül ayında ikamet eden sanatçısı, Türk Dijital Sanat sanatçısı ve akademisyen İrem Çoban'dı. Çoban'ın sanat pratiği illüstrasyon, videografi ve sinemayı toplumsal cinsiyet çalışmalarına odaklanarak birleştiriyor. İrem, çalışmaları aracılığıyla kadınların dünya çapında karşılaştığı sorunlara eleştirel bir görsel anlatım getiriyor. Atasözleri, hayata dair özetlenmiş ahlaki rehberler olarak görülebilir. Aslında, konuştukları kültürün algılanan gerçeklerini ve ortak paylaşılan değerlerini iletirler. Kültürel olmalarına rağmen, hakikat iddiasında bulunurlar ve rastgele bir kültürel fikri mutlak bilgelik gibi gösterirler. Böylece atasözleri sadece kültürel değerleri yansıtmakla kalmaz, aynı zamanda bu değerleri nesiller içinde ve nesiller arasında aktaran ve canlandıran ideolojik araçlar olarak da işlev görür. Ataerkil kültürlerin kadınları değersizleştiren, nesneleştiren ve şeytanlaştıran atasözleri üretmesi şaşırtıcı değildir. Kimlik plastik olduğundan ve toplumsal olarak kültürel değerlerle bağlantılı olarak inşa edildiğinden, ataerkil toplumlarda bu atasözleri, kadınların doğal olarak aşağılanmış veya kötü adamlar olarak algılanmasını sağlar. Kadınlara nasıl bakılacağını öğreterek, kadın kimliğini bu şekilde inşa etmeye yardımcı olurlar. Sonuç olarak, cadı avları, akıl hastaneleri, çocuk evlilikleri, bebek cinayetleri vb. yoluyla kadınların varoluşunun zulmünde tarihsel bir rol oynarlar. ►► Daha fazla bilgi web sitesinde  #IremCoban #IsilCelik #AgoraDigitalArt #WomenInProverbs #WomeninDigitalArt
21.07.14 Agora Talk 23: The Rise of The Care Machines - Wednesday Kim and Flavia Visconte
19-07-2021
21.07.14 Agora Talk 23: The Rise of The Care Machines - Wednesday Kim and Flavia Visconte
Listen to our #artpodcast and discover 🔥𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘🔥 featuring #motherartists Moderator and Curator: Isabella Helms More info ►► website Artists in the show: Julie Béna, Catherine Biocca, Ching Ching Cheng, Sofía Córdova, Julie Grosche, Faith Holland and Hildegard Holland Watter, Monika Horčicová, Rory Scott, Wednesday Kim and Flavia Visconte @chingchingcheng @juliebena @catherinebiocca @yagrumo_yal @julie_grosche @asugarhigh @monika_horcicova @rks_xo @flaviavisconte 👉Check this show: https://www.deformal.com/exhibitions/the-rise-of-the-care-machines MozillaHubs is still on and better experienced on desktop with Firefox or GoogleChrome! Presented by De:Formal @deformal_ Curator: Wednesday Kim @wednesdaykimm Co-curator: Flavia Visconte  @flaviavisconte Hubs Designed by Wednesday Kim @wednesdaykimm Assistant technician : Sophia Rigg @sophiasometimesriggs Typefesse by Océane Juvin (Velvetyne Type Foundry) About @AgoraDigitalArt Agora Digital Art is a certified social enterprise. We are one of the most dynamic creative hubs in London. We champion artists who have something to say. We bring diverse communities and artists together. With your generous support, we will build the best digital network. ►► Donate via Paypal #artistmother #theriseofthecaremachines #digitalart #newmediart #digitalcurator #AgoraDigitalArt #deformalgallery #wednesdaykim #flaviavisconte #juliebena #catherinebiocca #chingchingcheng #sofiacordova #juliegrosche #faithholland #monikahorcicova #roryscott #IsabellaHelms