There is much talk about absence of artist in the technology. There is even more talk about absence of women in the technology. But in fact London’s cultural and technological scene is going through a remarkable transformation. Women, and some arty women at that, are breaking old stereotypes and mixing toys, art, music and tech. There are wider background changes, of cause. Creative technological events like Kinteica Art Fair, V&A Digital Weekend and Mini Maker Fairs became must-see cultural events of the London’s art calendar and are far from being specialised for the narrow, dear I say geeky crowd. And the Arduino has been called an enabling device not for nothing, with Little Bits, Lilypad Arduino and Bare Conductive challenging and supplementing cables and seemingly intimidating circuits. Thanks to inspiring contributions of groups like MzTech, Codasign, South London Makerspace, London Hack Space and countless others, the technology in London is accessible to all and used by many. So it might be time to stop being surprised that creative women are being involved in exiting technological endeavours. Perhaps the next step is to make sure that seeing a man on a tube with knitting needles is also no longer an oddity.
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