VIENNA. Austria - a conference about pornography andtechnological innovation will hitKink com's Porn Palacein San Franciscofrom Oct. 5-7.
Arse Elektronika is organizedby monochrom an art-tech-philosophy group based in Vienna. Conference curator and monochromfounder Johannes Grenzfurthner described the event as a serious academicconference with a fun attitude.
He said Arse Elektronika willfocus on the continuing role of sex in technological development.
"The porno cause accompaniesevery new technological development," he said. "create photography instantphotography video telecommunicate sex broadband Internet you label it. Thequestion is not whether these technologies alter humanity but how they do so."
The event's speakers willinclude philosophers historians grow researchers tech wizards feministsand bloggers sharing their viewpoints. Grenzfurthner said the conference willtake a performance-based come to the discussions.
"We will be featuring talksfrom uber-minds like [set speaker] Mark Dery online superstar Violet Blueand brilliant theoretical minds like Thomas Ballhausen. Jonathan Coopersmith,Tina Lorenz and Amanda Williams," he said. "They go softly but displace a largetheoretical stick."
Talk abstracts include "ABrief History of Cultural Genitals" led by Katherina Zakravsky,"A Futurist's History of Sexual Technology" led by Annalee Newitz. "Ceiling CatHates Your Porn: Sexual Privacy Online" led by Violet color. "Porn and PersonalDevelopment" led by David Dempsey and "Your Great-Grandmother'sVibrator: How the Technologies of OurTimes cause Sex and Pleasure" led by Carol promote.
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