The ORAL HISTORIES project is linked to the oldest form of communication, and to one of the most modern. The goal of the project is to collect stories which relate women’s relations to technology through their personal experiences. Montreal sound artist Chantal Dumas worked with 2 generations of women to collect local histories and create these audio documentaries while travelling with the HTMlles EXPORT2 project between October 19th and 29th, 2007

EXPORT2 is an initiatve of the HTMlles Festival and StudioXX feminist digital art center in Montreal. This bi-annual project brings Canadian digital artists on international journeys focused on fosting intercultural dialog, partnerships and collaborations between artists and other cultural operators. The first EXPORT project, curated by Karen Wong, brought artists to Bruxelles and Berlin. In 2006 the second edition of the EXPORT project, curated by Kyd Campbel brought artists to Belgrade, Sofia and Istanbul.
For further information on the EXPORT and HTMlles projects visit : www.htmlles.net

Oral Histories @ HTMlles7 : http://projets.studioxx.org/projets/histoiresOrales_vsn1/index.html 
HTMlles projects visit : www.htmlles.net

ISTANBUL:Chantal Dumas + Zeynep Onal @The Apartment Project (photos by Erhan Muratoglu)

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SOFIA:Neda Pencheva + Teodora Mousseva @The Red House (photos by Caroline Martel)

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SOFIA:Chantal Dumas + Neda Pencheva + Teodora Mousseva @ The Red House (photos by Caroline Martel)

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BELGRADE:(left to right) Anja Durovic, Tamara Bokic, Tatjana Nikolic @ Kontekst Gallery (phot. by Caroline Martel)