Feminist Hardware Art (remote lecture)

Using a PCB (printed circuit board) made of clay, Stefanie Wuschitz and Patricia J. Reis ask what could make for more ethical hardware production.

How could we stop or even reverse the devastating effects of technology production and instead contribute to peaceful co-existence? What are the benefits of concepts such as de-growth, urban mining and the donut economy? International activists and artists have contributed their experiences to this FWF-funded artistic research project.

Credits: Janine Schranz

Stefanie Wuschitz is an artist and researcher currently living in Indonesia. From 2009-2013 she led a feminist hacklab in Vienna. From 2014-2024 she held post-doc positions at several universities (TU Berlin, UdK, Weizenbaum Institute, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, etc.). Her projects deal with strategies for demystifying and decolonising technology from an eco-feminist perspective. Her animations, installations and drawings have been presented in numerous galleries, biennials, festivals and solo exhibitions. Wuschitz is currently researching digital colonialism with funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Further information:

• https://stefaniewuschitz.at/
• http://codedfeminisms.org/
• http://www.salonofopensecrets.at/
• https://transfeministhacking.akbild.ac.at/
• https://feministhackerspaces.cargo.site/Desktop