From May 13 to 19, on the occasion of Museum Week, the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary art, a partner of the event, is joining forces with Wikipedia to organize an Edit-A-Thon or one-week publishing marathon for women. Edit-a-thon aims to create content on Art & Language works and to fight against the lack of women’s contributions to Wikipedia (less than 10% of Wikipedia publishers are women).
Edit-A-Thon: quézako?
An editathon is a session during which a group of people discover and contribute to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, on a theme based on resources made available. These people can: create an article, translate an article from a foreign Wikipedia, enrich an existing article (restructure, add content), add sources to an article, caption photos, find royalty-free photos to illustrate an article or correct existing articles.
At the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary art, this collaborative challenge adopts a new format – a non-stop week of contributions – and is aimed in particular at women honoured during Museum Week with the hashtag #WomenInCulture.
Museum Week
Every day a hashtag, every day one or more works of the Art & Language collective will be the subject of contributions during the edict-a-thon.
Monday: #WomenInCultureMW
–Victorine, 1981 (libretto of a police opera whose act was performed at the Whitney Museum Biennale in 2012)
Thuesday : #SecretsMW
–11 Studies for a Secret Painting, 1967
–Secret Painting, 1967
–Index: The Studio at 3 Wesley Place in the Dark III, 1982
–Portrait of V.I. Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock, 1978
Wednesday : #PlayMW
–The Air-Conditionning Show, 1966-67
–Index 01, 1972
–Microfilm Index, 1972
–Loop, 1967
–Index: Incident in a Museum, 1985-87
–Map of Itself , 1966-67
–Map to not Indicate , 1966-67
–Map of Ocean, 1966-67
Thursday : #RainbowMW
–Mother, Father, Monday: Map of the World, 2000
–Flags for Organizations, 1978
Friday : #ExploreMW
–The Air-Conditionning Show, 1966-67
–Mirror Piece, 1965
Saturday : #PhotoMW
–Painting I Nr1 à Nr22, 1966
–Mirror Piece, 1965
–Portrait of V.I. Lenin in the Style of Jackson Pollock, 1978
–Microfilm Index, 1972
Sunday : #FriendsMW
-Red Crayola et Art & Language
– Jackson Pollock Bar
Prerequisites
No particular knowledge of Wikipedia. Participants will first create an account on Wikipedia (by clicking here). A training session will be offered but assistance will be available throughout the event. Participants are requested to bring their own laptops and chargers. Wi-Fi access and catering are provided. You will have books from the documentary collection of the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary art. See the event’s project page on Wikipedia.
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