SWOU is proud to collaborate with different international artists who explore the representations of sex work. Sex workers themselves, former sex workers or allies, they will bring their work , sometimes challenging or moving to the Arcola Theatre between the 12th and 16th of October 2011.
Visual art, paintings and pictures :
Jason Atomic " Tart cards"
London based artist Jason Atomic, known for his quick clean-line portraiture and bright poppy colour palette. www.jasonatomic.co.uk
http://jasonatomic.blogspot.com/2010/10/slim-leggy-blonde.html
Ashish Verma " The other side of her"
Ashish verma has studied PG in Photography from NID (India) and MFA Photography from UCA,Farnham(UK).
This project is a series of photographs on lives of sex workers outside of the trade.The project intends to portray that side of sex workers which is oblivious to all of us, or which is what we choose to ignore in our imaginations when we think of them. Sex trade is illegal In India and is looked down upon. Sex workers strive to find their place and identities in an already complicated society – where they are treated as objects of sexual gratification. In my conversations with the sex workers in the city, I came to realizing the hidden side of them, the other side of her – as mothers, sisters, wives and daughters
Mohammad Rofiqul Islam " Silence sexuality, Surviving in vulnerable contexts. "
Black and white pictures of male sex workers in Bengladesh
Stepping Stone, Canada. Campaign / posters against stigmatisation of sex workers.
Stepping Stone was founded in 1987 and is the only organization in the Maritimes that deals specifically with street life and sex work from a harm reduction model. Our offices and drop-in centre are located in a modest, non-residential house, where many of our staff members are former sex-workers. Our support is crucial to the wellbeing of hundreds of female, male and transgendered sex workers, and we do this in several key ways.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/12/sex-work-advocacy-group-tries-to-remind-that-prostitues-are-people-too/
www.steppingstonens.ca
Visual art, paintings and pictures :
Jason Atomic " Tart cards"
London based artist Jason Atomic, known for his quick clean-line portraiture and bright poppy colour palette. www.jasonatomic.co.uk
http://jasonatomic.blogspot.com/2010/10/slim-leggy-blonde.html
Ashish Verma " The other side of her"
Ashish verma has studied PG in Photography from NID (India) and MFA Photography from UCA,Farnham(UK).
This project is a series of photographs on lives of sex workers outside of the trade.The project intends to portray that side of sex workers which is oblivious to all of us, or which is what we choose to ignore in our imaginations when we think of them. Sex trade is illegal In India and is looked down upon. Sex workers strive to find their place and identities in an already complicated society – where they are treated as objects of sexual gratification. In my conversations with the sex workers in the city, I came to realizing the hidden side of them, the other side of her – as mothers, sisters, wives and daughters
Mohammad Rofiqul Islam " Silence sexuality, Surviving in vulnerable contexts. "
Black and white pictures of male sex workers in Bengladesh
Stepping Stone, Canada. Campaign / posters against stigmatisation of sex workers.
Stepping Stone was founded in 1987 and is the only organization in the Maritimes that deals specifically with street life and sex work from a harm reduction model. Our offices and drop-in centre are located in a modest, non-residential house, where many of our staff members are former sex-workers. Our support is crucial to the wellbeing of hundreds of female, male and transgendered sex workers, and we do this in several key ways.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/12/sex-work-advocacy-group-tries-to-remind-that-prostitues-are-people-too/
www.steppingstonens.ca
