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Radical software : women, art & computing, 1960-1991
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Radical software : women, art & computing, 1960-1991

by Michelle Cotton

This exhibition catalogue surveys the history of digital art from a feminist perspective, focusing on women who used computers as a tool or subject. It includes essays, an illustrated timeline spanning 1613 to 1991, and interviews with twenty-seven artists.

Accession 31858 ISBN 9783753307343 Publisher MUDAM Luxembourg, Kunsthalle Wien, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
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