{"id":22735,"date":"2024-04-23T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=22735"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:47:39","slug":"call-art-for-sex-labor-on-film-and-the-hartnett-gallery-group-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2024\/04\/23\/call-art-for-sex-labor-on-film-and-the-hartnett-gallery-group-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL:  Art for &#8220;Sex\/Labor&#8221; On Film and The Hartnett Gallery Group Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Film &amp; The Hartnett Gallery Spring 2024 <\/span><b>CALL FOR ART \u2014 <\/b><b><i>Sex\/Labor\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Film and The Hartnett Gallery at the University of Rochester (NY) are now accepting submissions for the group exhibition <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex\/Labor <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that will take place between November 2024\u2014January 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We seek moving-image artwork that addresses topics which include (but are not limited to):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any kind of sex work \/ aspect of the industry (stripping, pole dancing, escorting, sugaring, peep shows, camming (+ other forms of online sex work), pornographic film and video, phone sex, etc.)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the industry has changed \/ is changing since the COVID-19 pandemic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25cf <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex work &amp; everyday life\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memoirs, poetry, and other creative writing by sex workers\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Histories of sex worker activism and unionization efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representations of sex work in popular culture\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are primarily interested in moving-image artwork, but we will consider submissions that are in other mediums. This is because the <\/span><b>exhibition will coincide with a screening series <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(co-hosted by On Film and The Little Theatre in Rochester, NY) <\/span><b>of the independent filmmaker Lizzie Borden\u2019s three films: <\/b><b><i>Regrouping <\/i><\/b><b>(1976), <\/b><b><i>Born in Flames <\/i><\/b><b>(1983), and <\/b><b><i>Working Girls <\/i><\/b><b>(1986)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regrouping <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Flames <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened at The Little Theatre on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 as part of their High Falls Women in Film series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, November 21st, 2024 the opening of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex\/Labor <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be paired with a screening of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working Girls <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the University of Rochester campus. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Lizzie Borden that places the film and exhibition into conversation with one another. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working Girls<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a narrative film, depicts a day in the lives of sex workers. The majority of the film takes place in a single room, where a group of women gossip, eat, fight, and hang out before and after their appointments with clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite artists whose work is included in the exhibition to attend this event with Lizzie Borden. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide financial compensation for travel to and accommodations in Rochester. Artists whose work is accepted for the exhibition will receive a $300 stipend<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE TOPIC:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popular culture has seen a resurged interest in\u2014and desire to represent\u2014sex work. Films and television shows such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor Things <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2023), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Luck to You, Leo Grande <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2022), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jezebel <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2019), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hustlers <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2019), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P-Valley <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2020-present), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pose <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018-2021) have all sought to present their audiences with nuanced, dynamic stories about the lives of people who work in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though representation in popular culture is not an end in itself, it remains significant\u2014in part because full-service sex work has yet to be decriminalized in the United States (except for a number of counties in Nevada). Activist organizations such as Decriminalize Sex Work and Strippers United seek to decriminalize sex work and de-stigmatize the profession, in order to support the health and safety of workers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the successful unionization of strippers working at The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, in the spring of 2023, represents a recent and notable victory in labor struggles\u2014one that sets a precedent for workers to unionize in and outside of the industry.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the uptick in representations of sex work in popular culture, and these recent gains in workers\u2019 efforts to unionize, we might ask: how do representations of sex work in visual culture ask us to reconsider how we think about sex, intimacy, care, cash, activism, and the workplace? What do representations of the industry indicate about our fantasies, desires, and relationship to work under late-capitalism?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WHO CAN SUBMIT?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional and non-professional artists alike!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite artists who work or have worked in the sex industry, as well as community-allies, to display their artwork in conversation with one another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HOW TO SUBMIT ARTWORK:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please fill out this Google Form: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/3e7GnH7mwugBRPLn9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/3e7GnH7mwugBRPLn9<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>EXHIBITION DATES\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submission Portal Opens: April 22nd, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submission Deadline: July 15th, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exhibition Opens: November 21st, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT ON FILM\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Film is a film screening project founded in 2009 by the graduate students in the Visual and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cultural Studies Program at the University of Rochester. Since then, On Film\u2019s collective<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> p<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rogrammers have maintained an ongoing commitment to screening rarely seen and important<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">works of cinema from around the world in 16mm and 35mm formats. Our events have<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traditionally been free and open to the broader Rochester public. On Film frequently collaborates<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with both local and visiting scholars and artists.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Film &amp; The Hartnett Gallery Spring 2024 CALL FOR ART \u2014 Sex\/Labor\u00a0 On Film and The Hartnett Gallery at the University of Rochester (NY)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22736,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22735\/revisions\/22736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}