![]() In this interview with The Offing ’s Art department editors, Seu talks about her inspiration to create a collection of cyberfeminism entries, which grew from her need for techno-critical theory and digital praxis. The book is divided into five sections, with guided readings created by 14 invited curators, entries with Seu’s annotations, and three versions of the Index organized by titles, authors, and images, weaving and further mutating the network of cyberfeminism. In 2023, Seu reloaded her project and metamorphosed the cyberfeminist space into an edited book, sporting a bright neon green cover and encyclopedic pages on a recycled paper aesthetic. ![]() The collection of hundreds of entries from the past three decades offers a magnified lens to diverse strands of evolving, contemporary cyberfeminism, ranging from Donna Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto” (1991) to Stacy Bias’ TechnoDyke.Com (2000–2008) to Klau Kinky of the Barcelona-based GynePunk (2014) to Camille Turner’s Afronautic Research Lab (2016) to aoaoing ensemble’s WeaverGirl 织女计划 (2020), and to Xin Xin and Katherine Moriwaki’s Critical Coding Cookbook (2022). The Index is an indispensable research tool for those interested in this discourse and provides an entangled mix of theory and practice, emphasizing the highly subjective nature of curatorial work. ![]() The entries Seu gathered follow a constantly mutating definition but with a focus on techno-criticism. Initially, she created a crowdsourced spreadsheet that later evolved into an online database commissioned by Rhizome. In 2019, Mindy Seu, a designer and researcher based in New York, began the umbrella project Cyberfeminism Index. As the feminist movement has evolved, it has created and encountered new frontiers and outlets, including cyberspace. ![]()
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