Differences Electronic

“Cultural difference, definitions of
nationalism and race matters are inextricably bound up with the way we engage
with contemporary visual culture and ‘cyberculture’ - the contemporary cultural
experience linked to notions of cyberspace as an electronic networked
environment. Increased digitalisation and enhanced electronic communication is
affecting almost every definition of our cultural selves – from the public
sphere of collective, social activism and citizenry through to the notion and
defining of the private, individual self. Using my own work as illustration,
the presentation will explore three areas that contribute to some of the
debates surrounding the digital experience and definitions of race. It will
explore our relationship to the colonial documentation of the past and how this
is reformulated into a contemporary electronic context, and explore notions of
individual and collective definitions of migration, identity and
trans-nationalism as applied to a digital and networked environment. And to
raise specific aspects of electronic media and enhanced notions of visuality
that have an impact on our experience and understanding of notions of
difference and issues of race.” 

organised by: Mesto žensk / City of Women
in co-operation with Moderna galerija
with the support of The British Council