Special Event

The Durational Feminist Reading Group is an interdisciplinary exchange on current technological discourses and their potentials. This reading group takes its form from the "women’s circles" of the past—women-only spaces born out of our increasingly secular-liberal society of the early 20th century. The reading group resolutely sets out to cherish intuitive and heterogeneous approaches, accounting for the side of the user(s) and the technologically vulnerable. The Feminist Reading Group Reader is available online but no advance reading is required as selected texts will be read aloud during the meeting. Please sign up for the reading group in advance at www.ctrlshift.club. 

Also debuting on Saturday, May 2, is the <Ctrl + Shift 1.vv> Podcast Series, which focuses on conversations between artists engaging with the layered historical dynamics woven into technology and contemporary culture. Conversations will focus on oppressive algorithmic models and data discrimination, giving special attention to our deepening reliance on the technology industry's largest companies amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

The reading group and podcast are presented as part of MA Curatorial Practice fellow Kate Benedict's thesis project, "<Ctrl + Shift 1.vv>." a virtual feminist and queer platform dedicated to disrupting the well-oiled machinery of our white, cis-male, hyper-tech world. As a site for workshops, podcasts and video screenings, "<Ctrl + Shift 1.vv>" hopes to pave the way for a more equitable virtual and informational sphere.