TalksTalks
Venue
Somerset House Trust
Date
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Time
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Bodies and the Industrial Complex image
Synopsis:

Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy opens with an evening of screenings and discussion on the structures, systems, and institutions that shape and influence how sex is consumed, represented, and commodified.
 
 

 
 

Bodies and the Industrial Complex presents the launch and screening of Channel commission Grumpy by Sidsel Meineche Hansen, a new digital artwork dealing with the relationships between automation and arousal, desire and denial. Following the screening, writer Alex Quicho will be joined in conversation with actor Vex Ashley to discuss the broader structures, systems, and institutions that shape and influence how sex is consumed, represented, and commodified. The talk will be chaired by Professor of Cultural Studies, Feona Attwood.  
 
Bodies and the Industrial Complex will conclude with the screening of A Cyborg Manifesto by Four Chambers, a visual essay and personal exploration of a life spent online.