// Book
 
Edited by CTM and Meike Jansen
 
edition suhrkamp 2394
ISBN 3-518-12394-#
200 pages, paperback, 9.- €
 
When, in the early 50s, electronic music appeared on the scene with the promise of abandoning all physical limits of music-making this was – like much besides – a Promethian male fantasy. Indeed, this music subsequently led to everything but disembodiment. From the psychedelic trances of the 60s and Kraftwerk robotics of the 70s, through to Techno ecstasies, gender-political interventions in the 90s and laptop performance – the questions as to how, from whom, to what ends and in which contexts electronics and the human body might be cable-linked have continually had to be addressed anew.
 
“Gendertronics” is an in-depth study of questions raised by last year’s festival theme, "Performing Sound", edited by CTM and Meike Jansen and published by Edition Suhrkamp. With contributions from Olaf Arndt, Claudia Basrawi, Jochen Bonz & Thomas Meinecke, Mariola Brillowska, Kurt Dahlke, Diedrich Diederichsen, Harald Fricke, Tom Holert, Miss Kittin, Pinky Rose, Birgit Richard, Terre Thaemlitz, Marc Weiser and 17 black and white drawings by Jan Rohlf. – In German language only.
 
The book will be in stores by the end of January 2005. On the following pages readers who know to read German find the contents, author bios, the preface and additional contributions by authors Andreas Leopold Hofbauer,
Susanna Niedermayr and Nils Roeller. Also we have put Jan Rohlf's drawing series online.
 
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