BOOK LAUNCH: Hardware and Eco-Feminist Art: Hacking and Artistic Practices Towards Ethical Technology

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When: 09. 07. 2026

Time: 18:00

Where: Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory Jägerstraße 52-54 1200 Wien


An event organised by Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz in cooperation with Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory. 

Invitation:

We warmly invite you to the launch of Hardware and Eco-Feminist Art: Hacking and Artistic Practices Towards Ethical Technology. During the evening, the authors, Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz, will present selected chapters from the book and discuss some of the artistic projects that have emerged from their research on ethical hardware, care, and eco-feminist approaches to technology. Join us for an evening of conversation, snacks, and celebration.

The book is the outcome of the project Feminist Hacking: Building Circuits as an Artistic Practice. It was funded by the FWF through a grant for arts based research (PEEK )

About the Book: 

It is an open secret that the hardware in our smart devices apart from plastics also contains raw materials mined in conflict regions. Can we move beyond this oppressive system of extraction to find ethical alternatives? Feminist hackers Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz discuss developing technology through eco-feminist artistic tools, rooted in care economies, local knowledges and collective survival. Through an intensive knowledge-sharing process and collaboration with peers, they unpack eco-feminist theory and practices to propose resistance strategies grounded in ethical hardware and de-growth economies – contributing significantly to the new field of arts-based research.

Cover and design layout: Eva Balayan

Proof-editing: Amanda George

Printed by Druckhaus Bechstein GmbH, Wetzlar 

Printed version: ISBN: 978-3-8376-7862-8

Open access version:ISBN: 978-3-8394-1932-8

This book was published by transcript Verlag with the publishing and open access funding provided by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 10.55776/PUB1218 and can be downloaded for free under the Creative Commons Licence by 4.0. 

Limited copies of the book will be available for purchase directly from the authors.

You can download a free copy here:

www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7862-8/hardware-and-eco-feminist-art/

Patrícia J. Reis and Stefanie Wuschitz

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Patrícia J. Reis (b. 1981, Lisbon, Portugal) is a media artist, researcher, and lecturer based in Vienna. Her practice engages critical and sensorial approaches to technology, employing hacking and ecofeminism to question systems of control and address the complexity of contemporary technological and social systems. Her research focuses on human–technology relationships, with particular attention to feminism, sensuality, and haptics. She lectures at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she leads the FWF | Elise Richter PEEK research project Endossensorial Interaction: Hacking the Body as a Black Box.

Stefanie Wuschitz (b. 1981, Vienna, At) is a data-research based artist in Vienna. She investigates the entanglement of gender, technology and power. She is currently affiliated to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and principal investigator of the project Data Colonialism in Indonesia. Alongside scholarly output the analysed data is also feeding into art projects such as interactive art installations, drawings and animations that were featured in solo exhibitions, film festivals and international venues.

Door Policy: all genders

Registration: no registration required

Event date: 09. 07. 2026

Time: 18:00

Venue: Mz* Baltazar’s Laboratory Jägerstraße 52-54 1200 Wien

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