When Technology Was Female is a study by Susanne Altmann that examines continuities and ruptures between the early Soviet (c. 1917) and late state socialist (c. 1980s) periods through detailed discussions of a wide range of women's artistic practices.
Featured artists include Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, Tina Bara, Sibylle Bergemann, Véra Chytilovå, Natalia LL, Dora Maurer, the Erfurt Women Artists' Group, Béla KolåFovå, Evelyn Richter, Zorka Såglovå and many others. The book includes more than one hundred images of works ranging from costume sketches and stage maquettes, to photographs and film stills, offering a sweeping study of over seventy years of women's artistic production.
Paperback
320 pages
20cm x 14.5cm