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Solitary Pleasures
Sigmund Freud famously described masturbation as the first or 鈥榩rimal鈥� addiction. 'Solitary Pleasures' interrogates and investigates masturbation, and the eroticism, desire, and gratification associated with it, not just as an isolated or solitary 鈥榲ice鈥�, but as a pleasure that鈥檚 mutual; shared between couples, lovers, and strangers in ways that redefine erotic possibilities.
The exhibition includes work by Shannon Bell, VALIE EXPORT, Chantal Faust, Anthony Gormley, Jordan McKenzie, Annie Sprinkle, Emma Talbot, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Michelle Williams Gamaker. Together, they tell the human story, both ancient and modern, of our complex sexual, erotic, and intimate encounters with ourselves and others by way of masturbation as an all-inclusive - gay, lesbian, heterosexual, bisexual, trans, queer, + - practice.
鈥楽olitary Pleasures鈥� challenges social taboos and contributes to the arts, sex education, and sexual health & wellbeing agenda by generating original, wide-ranging dialogues on this topic central to gender, sexuality, eroticism and mental health that will stimulate debate on sexual health & wellbeing, and sex education.
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Sigmund Freud famously described masturbation as the first or 鈥榩rimal鈥� addiction. 'Solitary Pleasures' interrogates and investigates masturbation, and the eroticism, desire, and gratification associated with it, not just as an isolated or solitary 鈥榲ice鈥�, but as a pleasure that鈥檚 mutual; shared between couples, lovers, and strangers in ways that redefine erotic possibilities.
The exhibition includes work by Shannon Bell, VALIE EXPORT, Chantal Faust, Anthony Gormley, Jordan McKenzie, Annie Sprinkle, Emma Talbot, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Michelle Williams Gamaker. Together, they tell the human story, both ancient and modern, of our complex sexual, erotic, and intimate encounters with ourselves and others by way of masturbation as an all-inclusive - gay, lesbian, heterosexual, bisexual, trans, queer, + - practice.
鈥楽olitary Pleasures鈥� challenges social taboos and contributes to the arts, sex education, and sexual health & wellbeing agenda by generating original, wide-ranging dialogues on this topic central to gender, sexuality, eroticism and mental health that will stimulate debate on sexual health & wellbeing, and sex education.
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