SI23 /table/ Loading: Feminist Server...
A card-browser game: get a card, type the command in the browser. Receive an interpretation of its function, a connected feminist concept and instructions to execute. Serve and be served as you turn into a feminist server yourself by playing and interacting with the cards both online or one-on-one in the space.
Central to the project is the analogy between software and the material world. This allows for an exploration of the interaction between online and offline environments, and making conscious how this interaction shapes us.
The performative and educational elements are the means of this exploration, as the game invites actions in the physical space.
Through self-reflective and relational qualities, it calls upon the feminist method and literature. A reconsideration of words with a set meaning will occur while playing.
The player(s) will get acquainted with important computational terms and commands, which enable associations extending beyond the terminal, into the social and eventually the personal spheres.
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kill, zombie, demon, server, parent, client, ghost, interrupt, nice, echo, alias, less, tail, touch, history, uname, which, shred
Card backs:
The necessity of the end. [kill]
An empty, wandering hull. [zombie]
Invisible and invincible. [demon]
A wish is no one's command. [server]
Every creator. [parent]
Asking is an art. [client]
In case the real thing goes missing. [ghost]
Sometimes you can't avoid being rude. [interrupt]
Sometimes you just shouldn't be. [nice]
Just checking. [echo]
Making it short. [alias]
Sometimes it's more. [less]
The latest gossip. [tail]
Changing time and making space. [touch]
It is often repeated. [history]
Sometimes you just have to know. [uname]
The right question leads to the right path. [which]
Like it never existed. [shred]
Printed output
Define a negative thought and ask it to stop. [kill]
Think of a past event that still takes up space in your mind, consuming resources which you could use elsewhere. [zombie]
Think of all the unconscious processes that run your body. [demon]
Give what someone asks for only when they use the right words. [server]
Give something that represents you to someone you care about. [ghost]
Formulate an idea and let it spread. Congratulations, you are a parent now. [parent]
Distract someone for a second and notice how this affects their actions. [interrupt]
Go to the kitchen and ask for food. [client]
Next time you're asked to do something, first do something that you consider more important. [nice]
Choose a sentence you hear in the room and repeat it. [echo]
Choose one of your complex thoughts and give it a simple name. [alias]
Take a snack, break it in smaller bites and eat it slowly. [less]
Ask a friend what they were doing just a moment ago. [tail]
Go to the shelves. Don't touch anything but mark the time. [touch]
Go to the kitchen and make a (mental) list of the latest clients' requests. [history]
Ask someone to describe themselves in a few words. [uname]
Take a look at the info you received at the entrance and locate the shelves. [which]
Rip this paper until no one can read it. [shred]
Loading: Feminist Server... is part of Special Issue 23 within the framework of Xpub1 projects for the academic year 2023/24.
Alessia, Anita, Bernadette and Maria worked on this, yes! ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)
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