The exhibition "Cam Life: An Introduction to Webcam Culture" is a partnership between New York's Museum of Sex and webcam sex site CAM4.
Opening to the public this Thursday, the exhibition promises to lift the lid on the steamy rise of naughty chatrooms and webcam sex.
he exhibition is set to "delve into the untold history of cam and web chat, and the potential for internet broadcasting to blur the lines between public and private life," a rep for the museum said.
“Considering the rise of virtual intimacy and the proliferation of erotica in numerous forms since the introduction of the World Wide Web, this exhibition investigates the complex evolution of sexual desire in the age of the Internet.”
The exhibition features exclusive interviews and content from “internet pioneers” as well as original commissioned works by six contemporary artists and an “extensive collection of artefacts chronicling the expansion of sexual expression on the internet,” according to the rep.
It follows the history of online sex from early text-based chatrooms to HD “explicit one-on-one intimacy”.