The Progressive Dinner Party

"'The Progressive Dinner Party' is a collection of 39 works selected from Carolyn Guertin's Assemblage, a showcase of new media art by female artists from around the world. The Assemblage contains works with a variety of genres, tones, schools and generations, though they all seek to use traditional narrative forms or language in innovative, non-sequential ways. But just as importantly, Assemblage also acts as a union of the languages, skills, visions, art, and voices of women, which were not often heard. At a time when women were rarely acknowledged for their participation in computer technology, the Assemblage was critical for featuring digital-born works in the 1990s for women who contributed to the art of writing during the earlier stages of the World Wide Web. " -- Kathleen Zoller, The Progressive Dinner Party Restored