New Intimate Horizons
Exhibition Website:
https://www.oehakbild.info/finekink/
Press Release:
The Porn Film Festival Vienna together with the Student Representation for Fine Arts presents a special exhibition “New Intimate Horizons” at the Academy of Fine Arts, Room “EG Nord”, Lehargasse. On April 9th, there will be an extravagant vernissage where visitors are encouraged to become part of the performances.
The main theme of this year’s exhibition “New Intimate Horizons” is the interaction between the realms of our realities and modern technology. Digital platforms such as Pornhub, Grindr, Tinder and the new AI sidekicks influence and change (sometimes even without our own awareness) our perceptions of concepts such as sex, gender and political practices, political behavior. These tools let us witness a new wave of sexual exploration and identity performance, but they are also definitively transforming power dynamics. How do we look at each other? How do we communicate and how do our bodies behave in the digital age?
Using various art forms such as photography, painting, installation, film, sculpture and performative practices, the exhibition endeavors to address these queries. “New Intimate Horizons” tries to change the narratives about pornography, which is still associated with taboo and shame in our culture, but furthermore showing it as a playground for questioning and transformation. The artists break and challenge society’s conventional views and picture realities and futures of inclusivity, desire, freedom and safety in sexual expression. Each new (intimate) horizon offers a new perspective on the world and ourselves.
Curated by Jasmin Hagendorfer, Olga Shapovalova and Lars* Kollros
09.04.2024 VERNISSAGE 09.04. 8PM / Party 10PM – 02AM
Exhibition open daily 10.04. – 14.04. 2PM – 8PM
EG Nord, Semperdepot
Academy Of Fine Arts
Lehárgasse 6-8
1060 Wien