Have you ever opened up to anyone about your private relationship with pornography? Despite the common knowledge that the use of porn, particularly online, is nearly ubiquitous—according to 2010 statistics compiled by OnlineMBA.com, 25% of search engine requests are for porn and over 28,000 people are looking at online porn at any given second—few of us think or talk about it honestly. In the internet age, although porn is easier than ever to access, it is also easier to consume surreptitiously before “x-ing out” and deleting the web history. If the statistics are even close to correct, most of us are consenting cogs in the wheels of the porn industry’s massive turnout, yet we often show a very different face to the public than the one we put on when we are alone with adult entertainment. The gap between our intimate moments and our public reactions to porn is rarely bridged with conversation or dialogue. Consent aims to close the gap between what we think about porn and what we say—to collapse the space between the “them” of the porn industry and the “us” of the consumer.
Consent is a new exhibition curated by Lynsey G at apexart gallery in New York City. Closing the gap between the porn industry and its consumers, Consent features interviews with porn actors, directors, activists, and consumers, including:
Lux Alptraum
Brittany Andrews
Nyomi Banxxx
April Flores
Lynsey G
Cindy Gallop
Sinnamon Love
Mr. Marcus
Daniel Reilly
Kelly Shibari
Oriana Small
Natasha Starr
Danny Wylde
Madison Young
The Graduate XXX Screening: Wed, Apr 4: 6:30pm
Lynsey G (aka Miss Lagsalot, in some circles) is a copywriter, reviewer, interviewer, columnist, and blogger writing for and about porn since 2007.
Exhibition on view Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6, March 21 – May 12, 2012.
apexart
291 church street, new york, ny 10013
t. 212 431 5270
www.apexart.org ( http://apexart.org/ ) apexart’s exhibitions and
public programs are supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Barbro Pro Suecia Foundation, Bloomberg
Philanthropies, Degenstein Foundation, The Greenwich Collection Ltd.,
William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides
Foundation, and with public funds from the National Endowment for the
Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New
York State Council on the Arts.
All apexart events (http://apexart.org/events.php) are free and
open to the public.
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