To mark the opening of the “Machine Love. Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art” exhibition, this symposium co-organised by AWARE and the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo features the contributions of women and non-binary artists to new media art across different regions and cultures, from the 1960s onward.

The participating researchers, artists and curators discuss how women artists responded to technological developments through experimentation with and appropriation of new media, thereby shaping innovative artistic forms and bringing new perspectives. They also examine the effects of these technologies on the perception of gender, women’s bodies and their role in society based on the artists’ works and ideas. Drawing on cyberfeminist thought, the symposium considers both the opportunities and risks that new media represent for women and artists whose voices have received little attention in dominant narratives of art history.

This event is part of the research programme “Living with two brains: Women in New Media Art, 1960s–1990s”, led by AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions.

Practical information

Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16, 2025

Tokyo Node Hall (46F, Toranomon Hills)