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| | Adresse: | Mailing list host: E-Groups. http://www.egroups.com/group/faces-L Website host: lab.ac.at at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna http://vis-med.ac.at/ |
| | Selbstdarstellung: | | What is FACES? FACES is an international mailing list that connects women: activists, artists, critics, theoreticians, technicians, journalists, researchers, programmers, networkers, web designers and educators, all women who share an interest in the media and communication arts. FACES is not a chat list, but a cyber-resource, a possibility for women to share their projects, exhibitions, critical opinions, and texts. Comments on important international issues, and subjects that all women encounter are posted. Requests for project participation, as well as deadlines for festivals, job opportunities, and funding are shared openly. FACES underscores Cyberfeminism by providing a base for individuals and groups to encounter and examine the theory and practice of women working in the communication arts around the world. Why is FACES for Women Only? In the longstanding tradition of female support and feminist practice, the FACES concept has been consistant: we believe that women will share freely and assist one another when they are not being criticized or judged by men. The conversations on this list rarely deal with personal issues (although that is not disallowed). FACES promotes cooperation, collaboration, and fair critique --from the female perspective -- of issues that affect women working in the broad and disperate fields found throughout the contemporary art and communication disciplines. FACES History The FACES mailing list was initiated at a FACE SETTINGS dinner in Vienna, Austria, in November 1996, as a new strategy to keep in contact between meetings. FACE SETTINGS http://thing.at/face/ (1996-1998), a performing installation net_art work, was created by Eva Wohlgemuth and Kathy Rae Huffman . The project's in-person and virtual performances and events are archived at The Thing- Vienna: at http://thing.at/face. The site is frozen in time, and we are unable to make any changes anymore (so we apologize for broken links, and incorrect email addresses). The FACES mailing list intended to connect women participants from the five cities targeted for the FACE SETTINGS project (Bilbao, St. Petersburg, Belgrade, Glasgow, and Vienna). But, very quickly, FACES expanded by word of mouth to include interested colleagues, friends, and associates of the participating collaborators in many countries around the world. FACES grew so quickly because there was a real need for a female media artists forum online. There was a need to discuss the growing field of net_art, as well as the real need to celebrate the contributions of women to new media and communication arts. Within the first year, FACES grew to over 150 women, from more than a dozen countries. The original FACES list was a majordomo listserv set up by Vali Djordjevic, on the Internationale Stadt server in Berlin. When IS ceased to operate as a service provider, and because of some spamming from uninformed 'guests' the list moved to the Cybergrrl, Inc. server in New York, which generously hosted FACES from 1998-2000. Because of the growing number of subscribers, and the increased volume of mail, as well as the fact that the moderators no longer know all of the subscribers personally, the list was moved to egroups in October 2000. This free service offers many features that had been requested through the yearsÖ an archive of mails on a remote server, the possibility for subscribers to create a profile with images, links, and other special features that made administration much easier. A description of the list and it's features can be found atÖ www.egroups.com/group/faces-L . The virtual community of FACES has become extremely real, and enjoyable, because members of FACES have met IRL dozens of times in Real-life. These face-2-face meetings are a confirmation of the the female connections at work (and at play). FACES meet at international media art festivals and academic conferences, in addition to simply gathering locally to greet travelling Cybersisters who post to the list when they are visiting a new area. On many occasions, the FACES list has proved to be an essential resource and an introduction to international events and opportunities to women who live in remote or non-urban areas. FACES speak freely about their concerns for the representation of women at academic and arts conferences, festival and exhibitions. The FACES website, which is created as a result of the numerous postings of projects and events on the FACES list, should provide plenty of evidence that women are indeed in control, online, with insight into the net_condition. Who Maintains FACES? FACES is a self regulating forum, with no filter and no censorship. However, from time to time, certain issues and initiatives are introduced by subscribers and 'threaded discussions' take place. The FACES mailing list is a free endeavour, without institutional support or funding. The FACES website is maintained from suggestions by women, and gleaned from postings, research, and references. We do it because we believe it is important. We hope you do too! |
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