As the production of contemporary pornography revolves primarily around ideas of authenticity, ‘real sex’ and the figure of the amateur, this panel explores what it might mean to imagine the pornographer as documentarian. Aside from formal and stylistic development of the documentary format in porn, more experimental productions reflect an effort to both document yet fictionalise personal narratives, community relationships and sexual networks.
Featuring new perspectives from contemporary p...
As the production of contemporary pornography revolves primarily around ideas of authenticity, ‘real sex’ and the figure of the amateur, this panel explores what it might mean to imagine the pornographer as documentarian. Aside from formal and stylistic development of the documentary format in porn, more experimental productions reflect an effort to both document yet fictionalise personal narratives, community relationships and sexual networks.
Featuring new perspectives from contemporary porn producers this panel will reflect upon examples of new work that often extends far beyond porn in order to explore what is at stake in the filming and presentation of hardcore sex.
Speakers include Julian Curico, curator of one this years programmes entitled “United Beats”, Liz Rosenfeld, artist and filmmaker, Travis Matthews, filmmaker +more TBC
This event is FREE but booking is advsied: http://nycpornfilmfestival.peatix.com/
duration 60 mins
Documenting Sex is a series of talks and panel discussions conceived by artist, Richard John Jones, that accompany the programme of the first edition of the NYC Porn Film Festival 2015. The programme features perspectives from within the porn industry but also, crucially, from contemporary art and experimental film. The programme aims to create a long term platform to reflect upon contemporary pornography through the exploration of its historical significance. The main themes running throughout the programme will reflect upon porn as a document of sexual practice, the pornographer as documentary film-maker,the intimate connection between porn and experimental film and also moving-image work that shows acts of sex but finds itself within other channels of film and video distribution.
The NYC Porn Film Festival is presented by Pornhub.com and kindly supports this programme.
image: film still from Seahorses (2014) by Julian Curico
