growing feminist technocultures - an evening with Woman Open Tech Lab

Join us for an evening with Woman Open Tech Lab on growing feminist technocultures , co-organised by the Centre for Digital Culture, Digital Investigations Lab and London Permacomputing Club.

"Hi, I'm Youjin Jeon, an artist and educator based in Seoul. In 2017, I founded WOMAN OPEN TECH LAB, a community that brings together art, technology, and feminist perspectives through workshops, exhibitions, and publications. My work explores how technologies shape everyday life and influence the ways we relate to one another. I'm looking forward to meeting people in London and sharing conversations with anyone interested in art, feminism, and technology. During this gathering, we'll use the Code Meal Kit card set as a starting point for conversations and exchanges."

jeon youjin is an artist who began her career in film scoring before expanding her practice into sound art, performance, and sculpture, experimenting with new media technologies. She is a member of Seoul Express, an artist collective that explores new forms of narrative through media-based works. In 2017, she founded WOMAN OPEN TECH LAB in Seoul, which engages with technology from a feminist perspective and seeks to cultivate non-hierarchical technological cultures. She co-curated the public art project Zero Makes Zero and served as the director of The Technology for Resistance. Since 2021, through the publishing project Fem Tech Talk, she has been producing books and writings that examine technology through an interrogative approach, embracing diverse perspectives.

WOMAN OPEN TECH LAB. Based in Euljiro, Seoul's historic manufacturing district, the community organizes exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and collaborative projects that explore the social, cultural, and political dimensions of technology. Bringing together perspectives from art, feminism, critical media studies, and maker culture, it creates opportunities for collective learning, critical discussion, and experimentation. Through public programs and community initiatives, it fosters dialogue around contemporary technological issues and supports more inclusive and equitable approaches to technology.

Code Meal Kit is an interactive workshop convening critical conversations and collecting questions on technocultures that grew out of the 12th Seoul Mediacity pre-Biennale Station. Code Meal Kit is made to encourage gathering of more than 1 person for finding ways to talk, debate, focus, understand and identify critical issues.

This workshop is co-hosted by Liliana Bounegru and Jonathan Gray. It grew out of gatherings and exchanges around the K-Platforms project. It aims to support feminist technocultures as well as growing connections between groups and spaces in London and Seoul.