“It’s a love song for my technology actually, when it broke down once and I thought it might not come back to life.”
XX Fantastic
Anthropomorphism
Personal computers and other technological tools are being integrated
more and more into everyday life, and also into the creative processes
of women who work with new technology. They are becoming artistic
companions and creative aids that are increasingly important in the
artistic sphere. While women appropriate technology to reflect on the
world and to reiterate their place in it, they develop an
oft-tumultuous love story with their technological tools. When
technology lives up to expectations, we have only love for it. But when
these tools don't work the way we want them to, we get frustrated, and
our frustration quickly turns to sadness. From the computer as enigma
to the computer as solution, and then from solution to a new enigma,
Studio XX's women artists are constantly renewing their relationship
with technology.