This multifaceted project looks at the accomplishments of women in 30 countries and is represented by an online archive and book featuring in-depth interviews and an exhibition at the Art, Design & Architecture (AD&A) Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
For the past ten years I’ve lived a strange contradiction for an artist: I’m best known for a piece that no one has ever seen. In 2008, I came to national media attention for my senior thesis in the Art major at Yale, which was banned by the university and has never been shown in any public way. My project, though controversial, was inspired by questions that I think are central to both feminism and art: What are our capacities as makers? What can a body do?
Most media would like us to believe that women have taken a backseat in driving cultural, social, and economic impact. In two years, impactmania featured more than 125 female change makers in 30 countries including ambassadors; impact investors;
Initially, I found these numbers alarming. Now I look at these and am excited. These numbers also mean there will be many new opportunities. We’ll need Chief Productivity Officers, nano-medics, robot-counselors (matching people w/ robots), 3D body part makers. Apart from wealth mangers, you will also have crypto-currency managers. But also non-technology jobs such as a nostaligst: someone who recreates familiar living places for the elderly.
In January 2018, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara (AD&A Museum, UCSB) will partner with impactmania and launch a unique collaboration. To cement this partnership, Paksy Plackis-Cheng, impactmania’s founder, is named Senior Fellow of Research and Media.
impactmania's original content has been cited by institutions such as Harvard Business School, USC, and the U.S. Consulate. One of our video stories was featured at the United Nations Global Compact Conference 2017. A Brazilian university has developed an impactmania accredited course. See here for more on the partnership!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWTON PAIVA UNIVERSITY AND IMPACTMANIA ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP TO UNCOVER IMPACT MAKERS IN BRAZIL International Alliance to Connect People and Projects That Drive Cultural, Social, and Economic Impact MINAIS GERAIS, BRAZIL & SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA (October [...]