"Making Trouble: Women, Art & Science"
Presented by The Feminist Art Project
at College Art Association
New York, NY
Saturday, February 15, 2024
Free & Open to the Public
Art Historian Linda Nochlin stated that, “feminist art history is there to make trouble, to call into question, to ruffle feathers in the patriarchal dovecotes.” This event is dedicated to women who are troublemakers, and whose creative practice references science as a source of inspiration for writing, research, curating and art making. Through their work they question underlying assumptions about the world, how standard scientific processes and methodology which aspire to objectivity may instead be steeped in bias and discrimination, leading to flawed and inaccurate, entirely subjective data outcomes. Some have adopted science-based art making techniques, materials and concepts, to explore ideas about humanity. Women, for many years, were not able to aspire to formal careers as scientists as they were excluded from places of higher education. The same could be said of the visual arts - women were not seen in museums but they were still making art. In both cases, it was incorrectly assumed that women lacked certain physical and mental capacities, thus justifying their exclusion. This event will focus on both the physical sciences (including artificial intelligence, trans-species organ transplants, DNA, ecology and natural history) and the social sciences (including psychiatry, hysteria, and mysticism).
Connie Tell & Anonda Bell
Suzanne Anker
Stephanie Dinkins
Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Magdalena Dukiewicz
Laura Splan
Margaret Wertheim
and others
Saturday, February 15, 2024 from 9:00am – 4:30pm
"Making Trouble: Women, Art & Science"
Presented by The Feminist Art Project
at College Art Association (CAA)
Hilton Midtown (Concourse G)
1335 6th Ave.
New York, NY
Free & Open to the Public
No registration required
The "Experience" Panel will feature an artist talk by Laura Splan from 1.30 - 1.50pm
