Working Girl
On Selling Art and Selling Sex
Seiten
2023
Verso Books (Verlag)
9781839766701 (ISBN)
Verso Books (Verlag)
9781839766701 (ISBN)
An exploration into the very similar work of selling art and selling sex, from a luminous new voice
Sex and art, we're told, are sacred, two spheres that ought to be kept separate from the ravages of the marketplace. Yet both prop up two incredibly lucrative industries, built on the commodification of creativity and desire, authenticity and intimacy. Our reaction to this should not be moral or political outrage, nor legal regulation or denial, but rather-as Sophia Giovannitti argues here-acceptance, through which we can find a more autonomous way to live.
In this searching and provocative work, drawing on cultural and political theory, the contemporary art world, and the author's own experience as a sex worker and artist trying to make a living, Giovannitti argues that if we delve into our anxieties around art and sex, we can instead find new ways to live and spaces, however small, of freedom. When there is nothing left to protect, she argues, everything is possible.
Sex and art, we're told, are sacred, two spheres that ought to be kept separate from the ravages of the marketplace. Yet both prop up two incredibly lucrative industries, built on the commodification of creativity and desire, authenticity and intimacy. Our reaction to this should not be moral or political outrage, nor legal regulation or denial, but rather-as Sophia Giovannitti argues here-acceptance, through which we can find a more autonomous way to live.
In this searching and provocative work, drawing on cultural and political theory, the contemporary art world, and the author's own experience as a sex worker and artist trying to make a living, Giovannitti argues that if we delve into our anxieties around art and sex, we can instead find new ways to live and spaces, however small, of freedom. When there is nothing left to protect, she argues, everything is possible.
Sophia Giovannitti is a writer and artist based in New York with a practice invested in power, devotion, and manipulation. She works across mediums including lecture-performance, contracts, and video. Her work has appeared in, at, or with Triple Canopy, The New Inquiry, n+1, ICA (London), Blade Study (New York), Recess (Brooklyn), the Athens Biennale, among others.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 288 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781839766701 / 9781839766701 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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