The Art and Politics of Netporn.

The Art and Politics of Netporn

The phenomenon of porn on the Internet is a phenomenon so vast that despite committing significant resources (it is estimated that 25 percent are dedicated porn network searches and 12 per cent of the total sites), and substantial capital (2.5 million dollars of revenue) is perloppiù omitted and relegated to hasty quotes, or demonized for its most dangerous aspects (pedophilia at all). In reality it reveals in a direct manner as the bodies and their views on the network are replicated ad infinitum an archipelago of buttons references in the sea of ​​communications and dematerialized. To this is dedicated to the conference organized by the Institute of Network Cultures' The Art and Politics of Netporn 'taking place from September 30 to October 1 to De Badcuyp of Amsterdam, edited by Katrien Jacobs, Matteo Pasquinelli and Geert Lovink. The different keynote (respectively by Mark Dery, Mikita Brottman and Susanna Paasonen) and interventions in the two-day program will seek to address the known roles as so-called 'sexworkers' most original and sides of the phenomenon, such as the nascent independent organizations of production niche (such as the famous 'Suicide Girls'), or the eclectic array of 'experts' and commentators who have gradually acquired an important role in mediating between products and consumers. The myriad of bodies covertly proposed openly advertised, edited, photographed, filmed and spread fast and unstoppable electronic images of them brings with it considerable social repercussions, and it is no coincidence that the industry, for its part, is always the first to invest in any new technology.