THE ONE AND ONLY BJÖRK
Photograph: Courtesy Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
V I S I B I L I T Y : female pressure is an international network of female, transgender and non-binary artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts with over 1700 artists from 67 founded in 1998 by Electric Indigo. Inspired by Björk's Pitchfork article in January 2015 where she notes the lack of photographic documentation of women at work the collective female:pressure created this blog. Here we offer a visual representation of female producers, DJ’s, media artists and electronic music performers at work. These are not our press photos. This is a collective effort to demonstrate women and their use of technology in music and media production.
THE ONE AND ONLY BJÖRK
Photograph: Courtesy Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
This Tumblr is now a closed exhibition. 500+ women are shown at work
while they are producing their own music or DJ set. Never believe the
assumption that there aren’t any women working in music production. We
are an uncountable many and it is only the beginning. Demand media to
report on it. Ask clubs, venues, labels, festivals to book more women.
Set up clubs, collectives, labels, festivals. Women writers start to
write about us everywhere.
Don’t believe the hype of the ONE
exceptional single woman. Our Voice and sound should be heard. All women have the potential to be super
producers. Listen to us!
This collection was a blast to make, together
with the AMAZING collective female:pressure. Thanks to @Bjork for the
rant. I am so proud of what we achieved, for now … onwards!
Making this blog brought me to following conclusions:
All
women, all over the world unite in solidarity! Support each other even
you are very different from each other. Differences are good. It is good
to have 3 billion different women. Encourage the other and support the
women who make different choices. Lastly educate and share your
knowledge with other girls and women. This way we will never be silenced
and written out of history again.
Follow us on female:pressure. Much love and thanks to all the amazing contributions, Antye Greie. April 2016
Temisphere: DJ, producer, techno
Barbara Hallama aka BarbNerdy: DJ, collector, curator, blogger
Neven (Lead Product Specialist - Native Instruments)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCLStbWm535/?taken-by=nativeinstruments
Itta: electronic musician, psychedelic pop, drone, ambient musician, voice and toys, cassette tapes, electronics, organs, piano, synthesizers, miniature instruments
BORN N BREAD: zine makers, DJ’s & NTS radio hosts, celebrating imperfections, unedited, unapologetic and real.
Joji Koyama: filmmaker, animator and graphic artist
Anna Granata: experimental musical creations, multiform and elusive shaped
Smiljana Nikolic aka Neither: composer, producer, experimental music
Charlene Gibbs aka Nahneen Kula: musician, professional ribbon microphone technician, DIY audio hobbyist, producer & audio engineer
Catherine Gough-Brady: sound, documentary maker
Dragons in Gardens: intercontinental duo consisting of spiritual queen® music-makers; ami kim and 6zm.