The Erotic Project is an ongoing collaborative multimedia art project created in Philadelphia in early 2020 during quarantine inside the bedroom of artist Aubrié Costello. The project explores inclusive, accessible eroticism as mutual care for our holistic healing, and has grown into a collective of 40+ artists from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Portland, + Mexico City.
The Body You Want foregrounds the limitations of conventional gender identities and advocates for a broader range of gender expression. The artists in the LGBTQ community face staggering rates of violence and abuse, and, due to the lack of systemic protections and institutional oppressions, often end up becoming the subject matter of their work as a means of survival. At times, these struggles overshadow the experience of queer bodies. The young and diverse practitioners in The Body You Want are interested in not only resisting oppressive social systems and sexist violence, but also taking the work beyond simply an expression of survival, moving to a state in which they fully thrive and exude joy and pleasure. The artists focus on exploring the present condition of queer bodies and how it activates different modes of living from interpersonal relationships to the wellness, ethnicity, citizenship status, and the way people retain culture and tradition. The exhibition reveals that various aspects of lives have become major preoccupations of the artistic practices of queer artists, demonstrating how the perception of the body and the perception of the world are intertwined.
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Both exhibitions contain sexually explicit material. By purchasing a ticket, you verify that you are at least 18 years of age.