Not a new generation, but a her-storical new media

The documentation of women’s history or 'her' story has more often than not been constrained by social dictates – namely those that see men documenting history about other men. Of course no gender issue is ever that one-dimensional, yet when one contentious answer to why women are a force to contend with in computer art, is because it is a less taxing entrance into a male dominated world, then it
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The documentation of women’s history or herstory has more often than not been constrained by social dictates – namely those that see men documenting history about other men. Of course no gender issue is ever that one-dimensional, yet when one contentious answer to why women are a force to contend with in computer art, is because it is a less taxing entrance into a male dominated world, then it certainly feels like the time is ripe to set the record straight, and blow those old truisms away. (see: www.arttech.about.com)

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Rita Dimasi
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Rita Dimasi is an Arts Hub reviewer.