SYNTIA_CAM: Re-imagining
Sex-Work Through Digital Storytelling (Research)
Work: Design Research, Practice-Based Research, Workshop,
Qualitative Research
Year: 2023
Starting from an overview about online sex work in relation with the cyber-feminist movement, the research explores the raise of the the online sex work industry in the 90's, and how this industry became a trend setter and early adopter concerning digital tech. For the second stage of the research, a more practice- based approach has been applied for the creation of a workshop series for sex workers about co-creation and digital storytelling as a way of subversion and healing. This second part employed the use of extended realities such as motion capture performances and avatar creation to implement and expand the experience of the sex workers participants while creating a new space for imagination and creativity. At the end this process lead to the creation of a collaborative XR artwork.
MA Thesis ZHDK, IAD
WORKSHOP
