Trailblazing women working in digital arts media and education established the Midwest as an international center for the artistic and digital revolution in the 1980s and beyond. Foundational events at the University of Illinois and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago created an authentic, community-driven atmosphere of creative expression, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration that crossed gender lines and introduced artistically informed approaches to advanced research. Interweaving historical research with interviews and full-color illustrations, New Media Futures captures the spirit and contributions of twenty-two women working within emergent media as diverse as digital games, virtual reality, medicine, supercomputing visualization, and browser-based art. The editors and contributors give voice as creators integral to the development of these new media and place their works at the forefront of social change and artistic inquiry. What emerges is the dramatic story of how these Midwestern explorations in the digital arts produced a web of fascinating relationships. These fruitful collaborations helped usher in the digital age that propelled social media. Contributors: Carolina Cruz-Niera, Colleen Bushell, Nan Goggin, Mary Rasmussen, Dana Plepys, Maxine Brown, Martyl Langsdorf, Joan Truckenbrod, Barbara Sykes, Abina Manning, Annette Barbier, Margaret Dolinsky, Tiffany Holmes, Claudia Hart, Brenda Laurel, Copper Giloth, Jane Veeder, Sally Rosenthal, Lucy Petrovic, Donna J. Cox, Ellen Sandor, and Janine Fron.
| Title Copyright Contents Foreword by Lisa Wainwright Foreword by Anne Balsamo Foreword by Judy Malloy Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART 1. RENAISSANCE TEAMS: ART AND SCIENCE COLLABORATIONS Ellen Sandor Donna J. Cox Carolina Cruz-Neira Colleen Bushell Nan Goggin Mary Rasmussen Dana Plepys Maxine Brown Martyl Part 1 Color Plates PART 2. THE AESTHETICS OF NEW MEDIA EXPRESSION Joan Truckenbrod Barbara Sykes Kate Horsfield and Lyn Blumenthal Annette Barbier Margaret Dolinsky Tiffany Holmes Claudia Hart Part 2 Color Plates PART 3. MIGRATORY INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATIONS Brenda Laurel (California) Copper Giloth (Massachusetts, France) Jane Veeder (California) Sally Rosenthal (California) Lucy Petrovic (New Mexico, Arizona, Singapore) Janine Fron Part 3 Color Plates Closing Reflections Appendix: Original List of Guiding Interview Questions Glossary References Index | "This is a book that can be picked up and opened to any area to explore. If you do, you will come away a little bit wiser, certainly more informed and totally impressed with what these women have done." —Illinois Times
"This important anthology offers riveting testimonials to the tangible contributions of women during the dawn of the digital era. Concentrated in the Midwest, these scientists, inventors, designers and artists faced down gender bias to shape the global future of technology and culture."—Sara Diamond, President, OCAD University
"It was one of the formative periods in my life to be associated with many of the creative women in this book. It was a magic period, when these women helped transform the world as we knew it. I am so happy to see their innovative work is finally getting
"New Media Futures will be a rewarding read and a prized possession for scholars interested in the experimental, creative spaces for art carved out by women working between the coasts. . . . The many images from the artists' own collections, and stories told in their own words make this lively and engaging volume a welcome addition to the literatures on women's history, the histories of computing, and the digital media arts."...