Earth Lab SF Field Trip to the Berkley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Join us for a visit to the opening night reception of an exhibition of performance artist Frank Moore’s paintings. The show is co-curated by our filmmaker colleague and friend of the Earthlab SF, Keith Wilson. In conjunction with the exhibition, Fecteau and Wilson will give a curator’s talk at BAMPFA on Wednesday, January 25 at 5:30 p.m
We’ll be working with two archivists from Harvard’s library on our own archive and on Carol Leigh’s archive. We are very interested in preserving our herstories.
We are engaging with Australian artists Betty Grumble and her pal HipHopHoe, during their 24hr marathon Grumble Boogie, an all-day dance ritual for World Pride Day. They will be leading the movement all day in a ritualistic deep dive into decolonizing bodies & time. This is a cathartic utopian space that will be created together, a rite of passage and direct transmission. E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF’s co-directors, Annie and Beth, will lead an Ecosexercise Workout. The Grumble Boogie will be held in Australia and live-streamed over 24 hours from Sat 18 Feb (awst) to Sun 19 Feb (awst). You can tune […]
Selfie of Annie & Beth with performance curator Elisabeth Beard. The E.A.R.T.H. Lab, artists Beth Stephens Annie Sprinkle, and their ecosexy friends will be hosting 2 hours of happenings at Bay Area’s biggest celebration of creativity and critical thought at the San Francisco Public Library’s Main Branch! This year’s edition brings together dozens of local cultural organizations, leading thinkers and artists to contemplate the theme “More?” In a world driven by the logic of growth, what does it mean to have “more”? What do we need “more” of: more material abundance, connection, creativity? More justice? More joy? Can we share “more” […]
E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF Earth Day Ecosex Walking Tour | Bernal Heights Get off your computer and follow along with a gang of colorful, fun tour guides in this site-specific exploration, embodied experience and performative walk around Holly Park. Your attention will be called to beautiful sights, sumptuous scents, the sounds of nature and tasty treats as you massage the Earth with your feet. The group will develop an ecosexual gaze as it shares environmental concerns and explores possible ways to better love the Earth. Performed by Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle & their Tour Guide Team.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, artists and life partners known for their commitment to the environment, will be in the Kansas City area April 27-30, 2023, for the Earth Day Afterglow Tour. These events will be hosted by a variety of educational and art institutions to bring awareness to how we can improve our relationship with the earth. AGENDA Thursday, April 27 6-9 p.m. Her Art/Their Art Storytelling Night with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens Free and open to the public – no RSVP requiredHeld at8001 Newton St., Overland Park, KS 66204 Co-sponsored by the […]
We are co-producing a feature film homage to Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot; artist, activist, community organizer, filmmaker, sex educator and more… Film Premiere at the Roxie Theater Film Premiere will be May 2oth at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco at noon, at the launch of the Sex Worker Film & Art Festival that Carol Leigh started years ago. Tickets are available through the Sex Worker Film Festival. Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens will be speaking at this event. The Film’s International online world premiere The film’s International online world premiere will be available after that—details coming soon. We […]
Assuming the Ecosexual Position; Exploring the Earth as Lover Manhattan, New York A Co-Created Symposium & Performance Art Happening with Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle & Friends For more information, updates and symposium passes go here Join us for a three-day multi-disciplinary gathering to explore our relationships with the environment and social justice, engage in human/non-human collaboration, critique ideologies and create new sexualities. Let’s examine if our “bodies” end at our skin or are part of something much more complex. This unique gathering includes paradigm-shifting panels, ritual, storytelling, poetry, music, films, ancestors, queer glam, keynote speeches, and creative environmental activist strategies. Experience […]
Exploring the Earth as Lover; New Approaches to Environmental Art, Theory & Activism Salzburg, Austria We’ll be teaching an in-person 2-week course in a castle! It will be Interdisciplinary; Art, Performance Art, Community Building, Theory, Praxis. We are creating a gathering of artists, academics, sex workers, sexologists, healers, environmental activists, nature fetishists, gardeners, media makers, therapists, activists, eco-feminists, educators, (r)evolutionaries, critters and other entities from diverse aspects of life to celebrate, proclaim, challenge, debate, perform, create and stimulate our senses. Bringing our environmental concerns and diverse knowledges together, we’ll learn about what’s happening in environmental art, sexecology and ecosex theory and practice. […]
Kolding, Denmark CONNECT ME: nature x human x technology Closing date of this great exhibition that’s been up since September 2022. One room is dedicated to our work. CONNECT ME will address today’s increased focus on, and quest for communities and connections to each other and the world. Increasing loneliness and isolation, exacerbated by lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic, call for renewed focus on what ‘connection’ means. Trapholt invites Danish and international artists to participate in the project through exhibition, catalogue and talks.
Mannheim, Germany Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle were invited by Carman Göth and her amazing partner Margret, and QZM (the Mannheim Queer Center) to queer the Buga Garden Show (August 17-24). BUGA is the German National Garden Show and in 2023 it was held in Mannheim, Germany. With the help of our director Joy Brooke Fairfield and our team of five local performers we performed five walking tours, gave artist talks, screened Water Makes Us Wet, with a water bar, and more. The Federal Garden Show was a project for urban society – with exhibition contributions, a program of events and […]
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens meet the impressive Mithu M. Sanyal together with their director Joy Brooke Fairfield on the 18th of August at 7pm. They talk about „The Earth as Lover“ and let us be part of it through their conversation.
