ARTH 4153 - Topics in Feminist Media Arts

(crosslisted) FGSS 4153, VISST 4153
(ALC-AS, SCD-AS) (CA-AG, D-AG, LA-AG)

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading (no audit).

Co-meets with ARTH 6153/FGSS 6153.

M. Fernandez.

Fall 2024 Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in Visual Arts. While feminist art in new media address traditional feminist concerns such as the female body, identity, representation, feminist history, and consumerism, others directly engage with recent theoretical currents on the Anthropocene, posthumanism, and new materialisms that view humans and non-humans as co-dependent. Non-humans include environmental factors, animals, plants, bacteria, and machines. This seminar will examine work by contemporary artists from various geographical areas and cultural traditions engaged with posthumanist perspectives in relation to relevant theoretical texts and previous feminist media arts.