HASNAY, Gloria (ed.)
Key Operators. Weaving and coding as languages of feminist historiography
Key Operators focuses on the links between feminized labor, technological advancements, and their associated languages. The systems inscribed in weaving and coding serve as a point of departure for devising alternative ways of looking at gender and work. The project brings together an intergenerational group of artists and theorists—encompassing commissioned as well as historical contributions—that engage with the concept of weaving and its significance for technological developments, both metaphorically and structurally.
The artistic and theoretical positions in Key Operators employ weaving and coding as critical metaphors. The featured contributions act as narrative threads, traversing various contexts and intertwining diverse methods of storytelling in order to scout the peripheries of official historiography for its absences. In this sense, the loom and the computer are conceived as allies in the examination of history’s sidelines, which so often provide the conditions for its writing.
The publication serves as a record(ing), of sorts, of the comprehensive project Key Operators. Weaving and coding as languages of feminist historiography. Packed in a box, 1 bound book & 19 unbound brochures altogether offer a reflection on the group exhibition, its accompanying program of events, and the featured contributors.
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German / English
Contributions by Claire L. Evans, Elsi Giauque, Johanna Gonschorek, Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, Pati Hill, Charlotte Johannesson, Lotus L. Kang, Alison Knowles, Beryl Korot, Lynn Hershman Leeson, James Tilly Matthews, Katrin Mayer, Sadie Plant, Johannes Porsch, Lucie Pia, Radical Software, Bea Schlingelhoff, Marilou Schultz, Johanna Schütz-Wolff, Iris Touliatou.
Texts by Gloria Hasnay, Lucie Pia, Chris Reitz, Lea Vajda.
Published by Kunstverein München / Bierke Verlag, 2025
Design by Max Schropp
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