"And even computer-generated texts embody, in their materials
the experience and historical consciousness of the person who
created them." -- Arlene Raven, "The Last Essay on Feminist
Criticism."

Are male and female voices in this field substantially different? Do
women artists working in new media want to identify themselves as women?

Should our voices, as women, (or as men) be a core element in shaping
this rapidly developing field? Or is emphasizing gender identity
polarizing or irrelevant?

Produced by Judy Malloy, GENIND/NEME -- a public interactively
created document begun during the Invencao Conference,
Sao Paulo, Brazil -- was a community building experimental hybrid
of online conferencing,hypertextual documents, and discussion archives.

It addressed the question: "As we begin a new Millennium, what is the
role of gender/gender identity in shaping the convergence of art, science
and technology?" Participants were invited to respond to the opening statements,
or to the keynote addresses, or to the open forum. When it was active, the site
included an online response form.

GENID/NEME was included in Archiving as Art produced by
Karen O'Rourke, Matre de confrences at the Universit de Paris I (Panthon/Sorbonne)

It was a semifinalist in the 1999 GII Awards.

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The Invencao Conference was organised by Itau Cultural Institute
in collaboration with the ISEA, Leonardo/ISAST and CAiiA-STAR.

Server space provided through a partnership with Arts Wire
and the Master of Arts Management Program of Carnegie Mellon University.

Please note that because this site was created in 1999, some of the links
included in posts by participants may no longer be active. Note that because of this
problem, some sections that were links to other works are no longer included in this
panel.

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