TalksTalks
Venue
Somerset House Trust
Date
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Time
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Future Fantasies: Intimacy and Fiction image
Synopsis:

As digital platforms become more accessible, expressions of intimacy and desire are gaining new visibility and agency online. Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy’s second event explores how technology is transforming the erotic and how fiction can empower individuals while challenging enduring stigmas.
 
 

 
 

The evening will begin with a performative reading of Guinea Pig by artist Sophie Cundale, who will then be joined in conversation with SWARM collective and author Helen Hester. A screening of Shu Lea Cheang’s Virus Becoming will conclude the event.