SITUATIONS/Porn

In the space between object and desire, the photographic gaze occupies a unique position: it satisfies many of our yearnings and fantasies as much as it fuels them. Might the increased circulation and consumption of images of today’s visual culture be driven by an impulse that is of a pornographic nature? From obsessive binge-watching to food porn or unboxing videos in which products are carefully unpacked in front of the camera, screen-based phenomena from the realms of digital desire and fetish test the boundaries of intimacy, perversion, compulsion and drive. SITUATIONS/Porn takes a look at such artistic and cultural manifestations to investigate the dynamics between gaze and desire against the backdrop of the networked image.

With works by Anna Ehrenstein, Andy Kassier, Andy King, Adrian Sauer, Jean-Vincent Simonet and others.

SITUATIONS/Porn is devised together with the exhibition Schaulust (September 22–November 24, 2019) in collaboration with Photoforum Pasquart.
 

About SITUATIONS
SITUATIONS is an experimental exhibition format that reacts dynamically to current photographic and cultural developments. A SITUATION may take the form of a photographic image, a video or a performance, an essay or quote aimed at an in-depth exploration of a topic. Numbered consecutively, SITUATIONS are presented as thematic clusters in the physical space and online at situations.fotomuseum.ch.

Please find information and events on the website situations.fotomuseum.ch.

Exhibition opening
Friday, June 7 2019, 6–10pm
together with the exhibition Sophie Calle - Un certain regard

7pm Welcome address by Dorothea Strauss, president of the board; introduction by the director Nadine Wietlisbach
9pm Intervention by Stephan Eicher and Traktorkestar; special guest Sophie Calle