What is feminism today, in the age of social media, smartphones, and the Internet? When images of people are literally everywhere, it starts to feel as if all people are in some ways flattened, fragmented objects. How does one assert oneself as a feminist in an age when the feminist movement has been commodified and sent to market, much like the LGBT movement was years ago, when more female “visibility” in the media is wrongly equated with social change, and when “feminist-minded” celebs co-opt the slogan “the future is female” without giving credit to the original source? What could it even look like to be a feminist artist on the Internet today?
On Saturday, May 7, Artillery Magazine hosted the panel “Feminism 4.0: What feminist art looks like now”, with L.A. artists Audrey Wollen, Amalia Ulman, Lili Bernard and Siobhan Hebron. The panelists discussed topics such as “what feminist art looks like in the age of all things media and digital,” what “controversial feminist art” looks like today, and the meaning of “authenticity.” Moderated by writer Emily Wells, the talk was prompted by the May/June issue of Artillery Magazine, which is focused on photography today. There was less of a conversational vibe to this panel, and was focused more on each individual artist answering question prompts.
Read more at http://www.craveonline.com/art/987515-panel-feminism-4-0-looks-like#Vr3aZr2sxiJH0xg7.99
