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, 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, 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
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, 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, 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
