From Sex Toys to Pleasure Objects

Vanessa Carpenter; Sarah Homewood; Majken Overgaard; Stefanie Wuschitz

doi:10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.45

From Sex Toys to Pleasure Objects

Vanessa Carpenter, Sarah Homewood, Majken Overgaard, Stefanie Wuschitz

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This research works against essentializing notions of sexuality, gender and pleasure within the design of sex objects through proposing and developing the design of DIY kits suitable to manipulate and customise what objects designed for sex mean for the individual and their role in society in relation to gender and sexuality. This paper outlines a series of participatory workshops where artists and designers were invited to contribute to the design of the DIY kits. Three artistic works emerge from the workshops as beta DIY kits, alongside a future work of a DIY electronics kit and an online collaborative platform. These workshops led to the shift of focus from sex objects to pleasure objects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of EVA Copenhagen 2018 : Politics of the Machines - Art and After
Editors	Morten Søndergaard, Laura Beloff
Number of pages	9
Publisher	British Computer Society
Publication date	30 Oct 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.45
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2018
Event	Politics of the Machine - Art and After: EVA-Copenhagen - AAU Copenhagen Campus, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 15 May 2018 → 18 May 2018 http://www.eva-copenhagen.dk

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Conference	Politics of the Machine - Art and After
Location	AAU Copenhagen Campus
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	15/05/2018 → 18/05/2018
Internet address	http://www.eva-copenhagen.dk

Series	Electronic Workshops in Computing
ISSN	1477-9358

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Carpenter, V, Homewood, S, Overgaard, M & Wuschitz, S 2018, From Sex Toys to Pleasure Objects. in M Søndergaard & L Beloff (eds), Proceedings of EVA Copenhagen 2018: Politics of the Machines - Art and After. British Computer Society, Electronic Workshops in Computing, Politics of the Machine - Art and After, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15/05/2018. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.45

From Sex Toys to Pleasure Objects. / Carpenter, Vanessa; Homewood, Sarah; Overgaard, Majken et al.
Proceedings of EVA Copenhagen 2018: Politics of the Machines - Art and After. ed. / Morten Søndergaard; Laura Beloff. British Computer Society, 2018. (Electronic Workshops in Computing).

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