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*Public Sex* (2022)
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In this day and age, things like cybersex and the pandemic have decreased queer activities like cruising and public sex. Spaces to connect with others were once limited and the acceptance of sexuality was not embraced by the public eye. Queers have been fornicating in places like public bathrooms since the beginning of time because of lack of acceptance and space. These public places have become legendary in queer culture because of their historic, discrete locations that hosted horny queers for decades. Today, websites and mobile apps connect like-minded people from all over the world and can bring them together face to face. *Public sex* is now labeled a "fetish," since private spaces to host sexual activities are more tangible and accessible. *Public Sex* is a homage to cruising culture.


Dylan Thomas, also known as MTHR TRSA is a queer visual artist, photographer, and performance artist based in New York. Their practice includes photography and performance art and is centered around identity work, specifically how their transness is accepted in queer and non queer spaces. Dylan is also a curator and produces a live series called [HOLE PICS](https://www.holepicsnyc.com/), a performance art series that showcases diverse queer performers in Brooklyn, New York.

In this day and age, things like cybersex and the pandemic have decreased queer activities like cruising and public sex. Spaces to connect with others were once limited and the acceptance of sexuality was not embraced by the public eye. Queers have been fornicating in places like public bathrooms since the beginning of time because of lack of acceptance and space. These public places have become legendary in queer culture because of their historic discrete locations that hosted horny queers for decades. Now websites and mobile apps connect likeminded people from all over the world and can bring them together face to face. Public sex is now labeled a "fetish" since private spaces to host sexual activities are more tangible and accessible. Public Sex is a homage to cruising culture. 

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The curation presents a visual compass in a sensual quest for blended orgasms. Submerged in the sea of virtual nodes, suggestive landscapes of collaged bodies, 3D objects and tactile textures, it branches off from [s(t)imulation.zone](https://archive.stimulation.zone/), an online platform and collection of critical and informative resources and simultaneously an entry point for further inspiration and playful explorations.


The project created a hopeful and open sphere to deconstruct the assimilated social structures on sexuality and gender, to transmit a positive message on sex and the erotic, to defy body politics and to transverse the idea of intimacy, questioning erroneous stereotypes on sex and different gender expressions. It was originally ideated and developed for and with [∄ - Kyiv’s safer space](https://k41community.fund/), a cultural institution and currently a community fund active in supporting people affected by the war in Ukraine.


This current curation presenting 10 artworks investigates the space of digital art and NFT collectibles in a desire to sense where the potentials might lie and what forms they take in the *techno-immersive simulation* towards actualizing Sophie Lewis's beloved manifesto-like thoughts:


“We will, as survivors of the old regime of sexual violence, design whole cities full of erotic biotic infrastructure; whole continents adorned from coast to coast with spaces of thrilling safety; mushroom glades, therapy marquees, doula grottoes, patient-led free clinics, swimming holes, napping palaces, drop-in centres, temples for public weeping, bath-houses, multigenerational creches, polymorphously perverse aquifers, people’s banquet-halls, multispecies library-sensoriums, train compartments that can get you off, laundrettes that offer to fist you, collective houses that promote wellbeing, dance halls that promote bliss, massage coliseums, and pleasure pavilions.” [Sophie Lewis - Collective Turn-Off](https://maljournal.com/5/sex-negative/sophie-lewis/collective-turn-off/)

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A selection of NFT artworks exploring intimate affinities.

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