Artist talk: Earth as Lover

We invite you to the Kampus Hybernská for an artist talk by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens.

Date
28 June 2024
Location
Kampus Hybernská Hybernská 4, Praha 1

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The Earth as Lover is a subtitle of the new book by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens. We borrow their words to give a name to their presentation.Yes, you hear right. Love wins as always and real dreams come true: Real physical Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, those queens of Sexecology are arriving from California to Europe and on their European tour, and they are joining us in Prague for a public presentation and private workshop for students of AVU New Media 2 and our guests from Academy of Fine Arts Banská Bystrica, University for Applied Arts Vienna, and Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan.We are All Earthseeds.It is a miracle and you can be in with us.

Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle

Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle have been creating multi-media art projects about love, sex, and queerness together for 20 years. Annie was a sex worker from 1973 to 1995 and morphed into a feminist performance artist and sex educator. Beth was a sculptor and installation artist and became a university art professor. She has taught at the University of California Santa Cruz for 27 years. These days, the duo produce environmentally-themed films through an eco-sexual gaze, they host symposiums, and do theatre and performance artivism. Their Ecosex Manifesto launched the Ecosex Movement. They are making a new film about fire, for which they received a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship. A new book, Assuming the Ecosexual Position—the Earth as Lover (University of Minnesota Press) chronicles their epic love story and art/life adventures. View their work at www.sprinklestephens.orgKampus Hybernska and Artivist Lab are partners of the event.The event will be held in English.Free entry.