NYC’s Museum of Sex Looks at ‘Cam Life’ With Cam4
EW YORK CITY—The Museum of Sex, in cooperation with popular cam site Cam4, has created Cam Life: An Introduction to Webcam Culture, the first exhibition to survey the rise of webcam culture, tracing its evolution from a single camera in a dorm room to what has become a cultural movement—and billion-dollar global industry. The exhibit will be opening to the public on Thursday, December 19, 2019.
Cam Life: An Introduction to Webcam Culture delves into the untold history of cam and web chat, and the potential for internet broadcasting to blur the lines between public and private life and ultimately create a more democratic space for sexual expression. 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.
“This is the era of the home studio,” observed internet pioneer Josh Harris.
Cam Life pulls together exclusive interviews and content from Internet pioneers, original commissioned works by six contemporary artists who integrate the world of online camming and pornography into their practice, and an extensive collection of artifacts chronicling the expansion of sexual expression on the internet from early text-based chat rooms to high-definition explicit one-on-one intimacy. The show also introduces the booming professional cam studio industry in the developing nations of Romania and Colombia, and it features dynamic interactive installations—including an audience participation cam stage…
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Written by Robert Neuwave
