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Bodies

Syntia_Cam: Re-imagining Sex Work through Digital Storytelling
Ludovica Galleani d’Agliano

The Internet has opened the door into our most private spaces and virtuality has infiltrated our bodies, merging reality and fiction. The first cam-girls of the 90s were important early examples of how the internet could create a cyborg subject by integrating human images with the internet, setting the conversation regarding the relationship between technology, gender and digital performance. However with the advent of the 21st century the cyberfeminist view of the Internet as a space of liberation for women and marginalised communities has resumed the classical oppressive structures of the offline space. In this context sex workers have found new spaces and possibilities for interactions and business, developing creative strategies to survive and thrive.

By challenging this space of contradictions, Syntia_CAM is born. She* is a hybrid, an alien, a sex worker, neither fully human nor fully machine. With irony and a touch of playfulness, she* uses technology to create multiple identities, negotiate rates, share experiences and new forms of agency. Are you ready to witness?

06.-21.10.2023