Selected Press
Print
Siegal, Erin. "Fashion with a Function: The Aphrodite Project." $pread Magazine. Fall 2007.
Savior, Lou. Sex in Design. Antwerp: Tectum, 2007 [due for release on 05/28/2007].
Mellott, Kelly. "These Shoes Were Made for Streetwalking." Venus Magazine. Summer 2007.
Bergmann, Joy. "Sex Workers' Art on Display." Metro [New York]. 30 April 2007.
Morgan, Jared. "Sexy GPS Shoes." BPM Magazine. Dec. 2006.
Vold, Henrik Brattli. "Disse skoene skal hjelpe prostituerte." Dagbladet [Oslo]. 10 Nov. 2006: Kunst.
"Interface and Society." Le Monde Diplomatique [Nordic Edition]. Nov. 2006: Kritikk.
Mukherjee, Subrata. "Get Set and Sashay Down." The Telegraph [Calcutta]. 30 Oct. 2006: KnowHOW.
Frants, Anna, and Sokol, Elena. "Is It All Quiet on the Cyber Front?" NY Arts Magazine. Sept./Oct. 2006.
Veak, Joel and Osiecki, Kristin. "Gallery: SIGGRAPH 2006." The Phoenix [Boston]. 2 Aug. 2006: Gadgets: Gallery.
Cutler, Kim-Mai. "Geek Chic on the Runway." Boston Globe. 2 Aug. 2006.
Noyes, Jesse. "Future Shocks, Visions." Boston Herald. 30 Jul. 2006.
Online
Culatti, Valentina. "Platforms, promotion and safety shoes for prostitutes." Neural.it. 3 Sept. 2007 http://www.neural.it/art/2007/09/platforms_promotion_and_safety.phtml.
Sorrel, Charlie. "GPS Alarm Shoes for Sex Workers." Wired: Gadget Lab. 24 Aug. 2007 http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/gps-alarm-shoes.html.
Calore, Michael. "Those Are Some Seriously Smart Shoes." Wired: Compiler. 29 May 2007
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/those_are_some_.html.
Smith, Alexa. "artfuture :: Norene Leddy - The Aphrodite Project." [video interview] Artfuture.com. 29 May 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDgsF69wLLE.
"Thread Heads: Episode 15." [video interview] Threadbanger.com. 25 May 2007 http://www.threadbanger.com/episode/THR_20070525.
Newitz, Annalee. "The Aphrodite Project Makes Smart Shoes for Sex Workers." Wired: The Underwire. 23 May 2007 http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2007/05/the_aphrodite_p.html.
"Maker Faire: Aphrodite Project." Geeksugar.com. 21 May 2007 http://geeksugar.com/265794.
Bright, Susie. "How Many Lovers Should One Woman Enjoy?" SusieBright.com. 21 Nov. 2006 http://susiebright.com [podcast episode 269].
Bawa, Avantika. "Platforms." Drain. Oct. 2006: Issue 07: Desire http://www.drainmag.com.
"The Real Geek Love." Lingual Tremors. 3 Oct. 2006 http://fervidus.typepad.com/lingual_tremors/webtech/index.html.
Knouf, Nick. "Emancipatory Technologies for the 'Marginalized.'" Turbulence. 29 Sept. 2006 http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/003105.html.
"A New Kind of Platform." Popgadget. 3 May 2006 http://www.popgadget.net/artdesign/a_new_kind_of_p.php.
"Hooker Boots Go High-Tech." Gizmodo. 3 May 2006 http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/hooker-boots-go-hightech-171384.php.
"The Aphrodite Project." Fleshbot. 28 Apr. 2006 http://www.fleshbot.com/sex/art/the-aphrodite-project-170344.php.
"The Aphrodite Project: Platforms." Fabrica. 28 Apr. 2006 http://www.fabrica.it/blog/2006/04/the_aphrodite_project_platform.html.
Breslin, Susannah. "CULTURE: It's Hard out There for a Ho." Suicide Girls. 28 Apr. 2006 http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/15515/.
Jardin, Xeni. "High-tech hooker pumps." Boing Boing. 28 Apr. 2006 http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/28/hightech_hooker_pump.html.
"Platforms shoes for sex workers." We Make Money Not Art. 28 Apr. 2006 http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008417.php.
Terdiman, Daniel. "Safety Shoes For Prostitutes." CNet. 28 Apr. 2006 http://news.com.com/2061-11200_3-6066571.html.
"The Aphrodite Project: Platforms." Turbulence. 27 Apr. 2006 http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/002373.html.