[Studio XX] Invitation Matricules Launch

[STUDIO XX Communications]

  *:: INVITATION ::*
  http://www.studioxx.org/newsletter/MatriculesInvitation.html


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


    WOMEN'S ART: TAKING OVER THE WEB
    Studio XX launches MATRICULES:
    Canada's largest public online archive of digital artwork by women

Montreal, April 28, 2008 - Three years in the making, Studio XX presents 
*Matricules: one of the world's largest online archives of women's 
digital art. * Created with invaluable support from Heritage Canada's 
Canadian Culture Online Program and hosted by Studio XX, Mobile Media 
Lab and the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, 
*Matricules will launch on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 
PM at Hexagram Concordia, 1515 Ste-Catherine West (corner Guy) on the 
11th floor. *

Matricules is an electronic documentary /herstory / spanning eleven 
years of research, creation and exploration at Canada's one-of-a kind 
Studio XX. Mingle with some of Montreal's most celebrated new media 
artists on a spectacular terrace overlooking Montreal and enjoy a 
performative reading by J.R. Carpenter, two-time winner of CBC's Quebec 
Short Story Competition. Prominent interdisciplinary artists Caroline 
Martel and jake moore will offer their take on the website's creation 
process and Matricules Project Director Stephanie Lagueux will give 
audiences a private tour of this remarkable new digital archive.

The xxxboîte, a limited edition artifact comprised of original texts and 
a DVD produced in celebration of Studio XX's first decade will also be 
presented and available for purchase as an important addition to any 
contemporary art collection.

Founded in 1996 with the goal of ensuring a defining presence for women 
in cyberspace and in the development of the digital arts, Studio XX is 
Canada's foremost feminist digital art centre for technological 
exploration, creation and critique. Committed to establishing women's 
access to technology, with a strong focus on Open-Source software, 
Studio XX offers artist residencies, monthly performance salons, an 
electronic magazine, a weekly radio show and *HTMlles *: an 
international biennial cyberarts festival.

"Matricules is a privileged gateway to dazzling integral digital 
artworks" comments Paulina Abarca-Cantin, Studio XX's Director General. 
"This electronic treasure box offers the public live works by greats 
like Shawna Dempsey, Chantal DuPont, Deborah VanSlet, Women with Kitchen 
Appliances, Suzanne Kozel, Isabelle Choini ère and AGF to name but a 
very, very few of the best of the best."

Matricules was made possible through generous support from The Canada 
Council for the Arts, The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the 
Conseil des arts de Montréal, Mobile Media Lab, the Koumbit network, its 
members, volunteers and visionary funding partners including Canadian 
Heritage's Canadian Culture Online initiative.

www.studioxx.org <http://www.studioxx.org>

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Media contact and information:
*Annie Briard Communications
**514.885.4076       
**annie.briard at htmlles.net*


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