Welcome artists and authors, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens for an amorous path to saving the planet. Their new book Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover describes how the two came together as lovers and collaborators, and how this union led to the miraculous conception of the Love Art Laboratory.
In 2008, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens married the Earth, setting them on the path to explore the realms of ecosexuality. Assuming the Ecosexual Position describes how the two came together as lovers and collaborators, how they took a stand against homophobia and xenophobia, and how this union led to the miraculous conception of the Love Art Laboratory, their seven-year art and exhibition project with performance artists Linda M. Montano, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and feminist pornographer Madison Young. Throughout the pages of the book, Stephens and Sprinkle share the process of making interactive performance art, celebrating their vows to love, honor, and cherish […]
NEon Festival During the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) we will have a grand opening our ecosexual poster exhibition which will be installed in 18 “hordings”– like bus stop poster cases. There will also be a screening of Water Makes Us Wet—An Ecosexual Adventure, our 80-minute feature documentary about water. Curated by Ailie Rutherford, ailierutherford.com
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wildsidewest.com Come celebrate Beth's birthday with us in the lush backyard garden of our friendly neighborhood bar, the Wild Side West. Bring no gifts. However, we'll bring along some copies of our new book to sell, and it would make Beth (and Annie) very happy for you to buy a book and take it home if you want one. We'll sign and decorate it for you. Plus we'll have a book hunt and give away some swag. Maybe even play a party game, like a free book hunt, (think easter egg hunt).
https://www.exhibitionismconference.com The Kinsey Institute (Indiana University, Bloomington), the Wilzig Erotic Art Museum (WEAM, Miami), and the Research Center for the Cultural History of Sexuality (Humboldt University, Berlin) will host "Exhibitionism: Sexuality at the Museum," an online conference. Our directors, Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle are the closing keynote. Many museums and exhibition spaces around the world are using artwork, objects, and other materials to talk about sexuality in new ways, prompted in part by a growing number of museum and collections professionals who work with materials connected to human sexuality. Museums are also increasingly becoming spaces for community gathering, creating […]
Join us for part or all of this 21-hour Zoom endurance broadcast to celebrate Linda Mary Montano’s legacies, teachings, videos and art/life. During this historic event, performance artists, lifeists and organizations will connect online to perform, tell stories related to Linda Mary Montano, remember stories from her times teaching, and watch some of her videos. All are welcome to present a share (1-3 minutes), read your LOVE LETTERS TO LINDA, or do a “be Linda re-enactment.” If you are interested in participating during this event, please fill out this form. Linda will be present on Zoom for the 21 hours. Also, to participate in LOVE LETTERS TO […]
We presented our work for the Yale Performance Studies Working Group. We were asked great questions and the energy was high. Thanks Kimberly Jannarone for inviting us!
Part listening session, part sharing what you’re up to, part asking for what you want and need, and part socializing. Our zoom gathering for anyone and everyone who loves the Earth. This first session will ask the question, "how can the EARTH Lab SF be of service?" We want to hear from you as much as we are excited to share what's happening at the EARTH Lab SF. (Join us with us with this Zoom link)
E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF stands against Russia's attack of the independent country of Ukraine! March 5th, 2022 -- Our friends at Grace Exhibition Space are hosting a hosting a day-long event to raise money and bring attention to the Peoples of Ukraine on March 5th, 2022. Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle, and the EARTHLab will be donating art to their auction. Please join us in solidarity. More info: ARTNET: "As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifies, with the latter’s capital Kyiv now under siege, Ukrainian artists, both at home and abroad, face an uncertain future. The situation in Ukraine has the potential to disrupt […]
Beth and Annie are speaking for Stadium Generale of the Royal Academy of the Arts in the Hague, the Netherlands. They will speak with melanie bongo, interdisciplinary artist, educator, sexological bodyworker and embodiment researcher, who is co-curator and of one of our cherished hosts of the Spring Wxtch Craft cycle. Studium Generale will be dedicated to Wxtch Craft as a feminist queer liberatory practice, exploring every season a new refraction of this prismatic archetype.
