Cornelia Sollfrank
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Cornelia Sollfrank is an artist who pioneered into the digital realm and Cyberfeminism
in the 1990s.
competition titled Extension organized by the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hemburg Art Museum in Germany. Her Work titled "Female Extension" was linked to Cyberfeminism
and was aimed to prove that male artists where favored in this genre.
Cornelia Sollfrank founded the organization Old Boys Network (OBN) along with artist groups 'frauen-und-technik' (Woman and Technique) and '-Innen' (Inside). OBN published 'First Cyberfeminist International’ in 1998 followed by ‘next Cyberfeminist International’ in 1999. "Women Hackers" was an essay written to raise awareness about hackers and to the fact that there were no female hackers at that time.
In 2004 Cornelia Sollfrank's monograph titled "net.art generator" was published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg
Cyberfeminism
Cyberfeminism is a feminist community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist interactions with and acts in cyberspace. The term was coined in 1991, and feminist individuals, theorists and groups identifying themselves as cyberfeminists were most active in the 1990s...
in the 1990s.
Life and work
In 1997 she participated in a net artInternet art
Internet art is a form of digital artwork distributed via the Internet. This form of art has circumvented the traditional dominance of the gallery and museum system, delivering aesthetic experiences via the Internet. In many cases, the viewer is drawn into some kind of interaction with the work...
competition titled Extension organized by the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hemburg Art Museum in Germany. Her Work titled "Female Extension" was linked to Cyberfeminism
Cyberfeminism
Cyberfeminism is a feminist community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist interactions with and acts in cyberspace. The term was coined in 1991, and feminist individuals, theorists and groups identifying themselves as cyberfeminists were most active in the 1990s...
and was aimed to prove that male artists where favored in this genre.
Cornelia Sollfrank founded the organization Old Boys Network (OBN) along with artist groups 'frauen-und-technik' (Woman and Technique) and '-Innen' (Inside). OBN published 'First Cyberfeminist International’ in 1998 followed by ‘next Cyberfeminist International’ in 1999. "Women Hackers" was an essay written to raise awareness about hackers and to the fact that there were no female hackers at that time.
In 2004 Cornelia Sollfrank's monograph titled "net.art generator" was published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg