The HTMlles - Feminist festival of media arts + digital culture
11th edition, November 2014, in Montreal

Les HTMlles - Festival féministe d’arts médiatiques + de culture numérique
11e édition, novembre 2014, à Montréal

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Taking place in Montreal, The HTMlles is an international biennial festival that brings together artists, scholars and activists who are passionate about critical engagement with new technologies from a feminist perspective. Based on a specific theme, each edition addresses urgent socio-political questions by pushing the boundaries of artistic and feminist practices.

The HTMlles is produced by Studio XX, a bilingual feminist artist-run centre for technological exploration, creation and critique. Initiated in 1997, the festival began as an international platform for introducing women’s web art. Collaborating closely with partner organizations, The HTMlles has become a multi-site festival dedicated to the presentation of women’s, trans and gender non-conforming artists’ independent media artworks in a transdisciplinary environment that strives for anti-oppression.

THEME FOR THE ELEVENTH EDITION

The HTMlles 11 - ZERO FUTURE
The future is obsolete.

Zero. Zero as in inertia. Zero as in deterritorialization. Zero as in noise. Zero as in Generations XYZ = Generation 0. Zero as in Ground zero. Zero as in zero budget, zero time, too much #work & #information (0’s and1’s), not enough kisses. Zero as in the economy of death. Zero as in WTF. Zero as in rewind. Zero as in zero emails, zero texts, zero views, zero likes, zero followers. Zero as in rest. Zero as in refusal. Zero as in degree zero. Zero as in Day 0.

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