The Convent of Pleasure is a play written by Margaret Cavendish in 1668. The play is a comedy about noblewomen who choose to retreat to a convent to create their own community in order to avoid the constraints and pains of marriage and men. Lady Happy, the main protagonist, ponders the question of a radical alternative to marriage: “But why may not I love a woman with the same affection I could a man?” This book is a close reproduction of the first printed edition of the play, which was supervised and edited by hand by Cavendish.
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La Verrerie is an artistic summer cross-disciplinary residency contributing to the development of research and artistic creation. Located in a rural area in the French town of Continvoir, it brings together five artists and researchers around a subject every year.

Computers at Work presents an overview of the role women played in the building and shaping of the computing field from the 18th century to the present day. It aims to articulate in what way women’s systematic erasure from history has transformed computing from being perceived as “women’s work” to an industry that is largely hostile to them.
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De l’Ennui au Spectacle is the result of a three-year research conducted by Salomé Burstein. At the crossroads of philosophy, social sciences and visual studies, it addresses the subject of boredom in regard to capitalism and entertainment culture and within an analysis of attention and spectatorship.

Simulacrum is a magazine for art and culture that serves as an accessible publication platform for students and experts from the field. Four issues are published each year, each issue focusing on a certain theme. The subjects are approached by different disciplines within the arts and cultural sciences, and placed in both a historical and contemporary perspective.

ARIAS is a research platform by the Amsterdam University of the Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit. ARIAS enables intersections, encounters and collaborations between artistic research and research in the humanities, social sciences and the natural sciences.