‘When computers became the miniaturised circuits of silicon chips, it was women who assembled them.’ [2]
‘Gender inequality still characterises the fields in which technologies are conceived, built, and legislated for, while female workers in electronics perform debilitating low-paid labour.’ [3]
M.A.R.Y. remembers and recognises the silenced histories of the women who built, programmed and continue to work with computational technology.
M.A.R.Y. is inspired by the storytelling traditionsthat we inherit. Those that are passed down through the generations and learned from centuries of female authorship.
Final Thoughts
M.A.R.Y. IS NOT [actually] about conclusions or solutions.
However, IT IS about finding expansive logic systems that consider the diverse ways of seeing and experiencing the world.
It hopes these complex multi-layered stories can include those who usually get ignored, challenging archaic belief systems in turn.
[1] Ada Lovelace
[2] Sadie Plant, Zeros and Ones
[3] Laboria Cuboniks, The Xenofeminist Manifesto