Gender-bias rages in our culture. This Gender-bias rages in our culture. This collection of works challenges and collection of works challenges and questions the idea of two opposite questions the idea of two opposite genders. What’s masculine? What’s genders. What’s masculine? What’s feminine? Why do we distinguish? How feminine? Why do we distinguish? How do we distinguish? These selected do we distinguish? These selected works by Amelia Marzec, Andrew works by Amelia Marzec, Andrew Ames, Brad Borevitz and Ross Barber Ames, Brad Borevitz and Ross Barber explore these questions by use of new explore these questions by use of new media arts. media arts.

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Amelia MarzecAmelia Marzec

Amelia Marzec is an artist, designer and Amelia Marzec is an artist, designer and programmer based in Brooklyn, NY. She holds programmer based in Brooklyn, NY. She holds an MFA in Design & Technology from the an MFA in Design & Technology from the Parsons School of Design, and a BFA in Visual Parsons School of Design, and a BFA in Visual Art from Rutgers University. When not working Art from Rutgers University. When not working in interactive design and development in in interactive design and development in Manhattan, she explores issues between the Manhattan, she explores issues between the body and visual culture through technology. body and visual culture through technology.

Gender Anarchy Project

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Site specific installation, Site specific installation, projectionprojection

Installation that intervenes in Installation that intervenes in public space to break down public space to break down assumptions of genderassumptions of gender

Bathroom signs are replaced Bathroom signs are replaced by interactive signs that by interactive signs that address gender ambiguity address gender ambiguity

Andrew AmesAndrew Ames

Andrew Y. Ames is a new media artist, designer and collaborator Andrew Y. Ames is a new media artist, designer and collaborator that plays and plays with games. Games, his work shows, are that plays and plays with games. Games, his work shows, are cultural artifacts that not only entertain and instruct, but epitomize cultural artifacts that not only entertain and instruct, but epitomize the cultures that created them. His modifications bend the rules the cultures that created them. His modifications bend the rules and reinvent board, video, and card games in unexpected ways and reinvent board, video, and card games in unexpected ways that invite critical reflection on consumerism, politics, technology, that invite critical reflection on consumerism, politics, technology, and media. Andrew graduated from Rhode Island School of and media. Andrew graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (MFA in Digital+Media), the Design (MFA in Digital+Media), the University of DenverUniversity of Denver (BFA in (BFA in Electronic Media Arts and Design) and Red Rocks Community Electronic Media Arts and Design) and Red Rocks Community College (AA in Multimedia Design Technology and Animation). College (AA in Multimedia Design Technology and Animation). Currently living in New England, he's writing and making games. Currently living in New England, he's writing and making games. He worked with Miguel Tarango to help create Denver’s first He worked with Miguel Tarango to help create Denver’s first digital gallery, Potential Cloud Formations, and has exhibited at digital gallery, Potential Cloud Formations, and has exhibited at NYCResistor, Sol Koffler Gallery, Core New Art Space, Neo NYCResistor, Sol Koffler Gallery, Core New Art Space, Neo Studios, Denver West, and 5th Floor Studios. Studios, Denver West, and 5th Floor Studios.

Deconstructing GenderDeconstructing Gender

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Online questionnaire (from “10 question gender Online questionnaire (from “10 question gender game”)game”)

Asks the viewer to decide on cultural Asks the viewer to decide on cultural expectationsexpectations

Brad BorevitzBrad Borevitz

Brad Borevitz is an artist whose work focuses on language, Brad Borevitz is an artist whose work focuses on language, politics and software. He writes that the intention of his practice is, politics and software. He writes that the intention of his practice is, "to press the artifacts and techniques of computation's ubiquity "to press the artifacts and techniques of computation's ubiquity towards a connection with the social and intellectual towards a connection with the social and intellectual circumstances of their context." To this end, he has produced circumstances of their context." To this end, he has produced websites, videos, software applications, and robots, all of which websites, videos, software applications, and robots, all of which have at their core a deep commitment to understanding the have at their core a deep commitment to understanding the political, philosophical and cultural implications of computer political, philosophical and cultural implications of computer technology. He is currently a participant in the Whitney Museum of technology. He is currently a participant in the Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program. He holds an MFA in American Art's Independent Study Program. He holds an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego. (Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego. (http://http://www.onetwothree.netwww.onetwothree.net) )

Inscription of the Inscription of the girly-mangirly-man

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machine controlled by a computer program.machine controlled by a computer program. The politics of stupidity in the age of intelligent machinesThe politics of stupidity in the age of intelligent machines ““Schwarzenegger's moronically effective hypermasculine politics Schwarzenegger's moronically effective hypermasculine politics

has made a figure of perverted masculinity a rallying cry of the has made a figure of perverted masculinity a rallying cry of the right: girly-man, that blatantly homophobic and misogynistic right: girly-man, that blatantly homophobic and misogynistic epithet. In the conservative imaginary, doubt, intellectualism or �epithet. In the conservative imaginary, doubt, intellectualism or �even a willingness to change and reconsider past deeds and even a willingness to change and reconsider past deeds and decisions are immediately suspect. There is no consciousness �decisions are immediately suspect. There is no consciousness �of the offence commited by casting the insulted traits in the of the offence commited by casting the insulted traits in the feminine.”feminine.”

Combats the stigma of a ‘girly-man.’ Do we have to be one or the Combats the stigma of a ‘girly-man.’ Do we have to be one or the other? Maybe we’re a little bit of both?other? Maybe we’re a little bit of both?

Ross BarberRoss Barber

Ross BarberRoss BarberAustralian Artist Born 1948 Parkes, NSW. Australian Artist Born 1948 Parkes, NSW. Lives Brisbane in Queensland.Lives Brisbane in Queensland.Bachelor of Visual Arts 1994Bachelor of Visual Arts 1994Master of Fine Arts 1998Master of Fine Arts 1998Awarded Australian Commonwealth Awarded Australian Commonwealth Government, Centenary of Federation Medal Government, Centenary of Federation Medal for: Distinguished Service to the Arts 2001for: Distinguished Service to the Arts 2001http://http://www.rossbarber.comwww.rossbarber.com

She is always walking She is always walking away…….away……. http://users.qld.chariot.net.au/~barberr/http://users.qld.chariot.net.au/~barberr/

she_is_always_walking_away.htmlshe_is_always_walking_away.html Installation set up in several rooms, a Installation set up in several rooms, a

househouseupon entering the room viewer triggers upon entering the room viewer triggers projections and sounds most ‘typical of a projections and sounds most ‘typical of a person’person’

Explores the archetypal feminine symbolism Explores the archetypal feminine symbolism within a males unconsciouswithin a males unconscious