Cinevolution Media Arts Society

Art Talking Women

Program Overview

Title: Art Talking Women
Year: 2012 - 2016
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One of our early forays into producing original media art projects, we worked with Margaret Dragu and VIVO to produce this series of intimate conversations with practicing woman-identified artists in Canada about their creative process and their relationship with community and technology.

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Margaret Dragu sitting with a laptop open on the table and in the background there are images of women projected onto the wall; one is talking to the camera, one is sitting on the sofa and writing and one is a close-up of a woman holding a baby.
Margaret Dragu and Victoria Singh, Production Photo

Art Talking Women is a series of intimate conversations where woman-identified artists discuss their creative process and their relationship with community and technology. The series celebrates and showcases thirteen practicing artists: Tsuneko Kokubo, Dinka Pignon, Lorna Boschman, Eileen Kage, Haruko Okano, Robin Brass, Heidi Nagtegaal, Lois Klassen, Victoria Singh, prOphecy sun, Soledad Muñoz Fiegehen, Natalie Tin Yin Gan and Angelica Poversky. This project was a three-way co-production between Cinevolution, Dragu Workers International (DWI), and VIVO Media Arts Centre.

Core Creative Team

  • Margaret Dragu
  • Sebnem Ozpeta
  • Ying Wang
  • Lynn Chen

The artists wish to express their thanks for the venue, equipment, and artistic support from Yun-Jou Chang, Elisa Ferrari, Dinka Pignon, Jianping Su, Elisha Burrows, Richmond Media Lab, and Grunt Gallery.

This project was made possible with the generous support of the BC Arts Council. 

Media Arts Society in Richmond, BC