Orgasmagoria

Orgasmagoria is a durational film about sexual pleasure in the digital age. Dries Verhoeven created the work in collaboration with a group of international (cyber)sex workers, porn actors and their friends. In front of the camera, they close their eyes and imagine a future in which desire is inextricably tied to technology, money and power.

While in offline life we tend to approach sexuality and power with caution, the internet offers a space for extreme fantasies and forms of sexual power. This 21st-century blend of intimacy and loneliness, physicality and sterility, is tied to neocolonial power relations and the economic interests of tech multinationals. But this is a two-way street: the performers know how to manipulate desire, turning the customer’s hunger for control into a source of their own power.

Orgasmagoria is screened daily at sex theater Casa Rosso. As in an old-fashioned porn cinema, visitors can enter and leave at any moment, while the film unfolds as an endless series of personal stories, fables and dystopias. In a domain saturated with explicit imagery, Verhoeven brings imagination back into play.

Good to Know
- Ages 18 and up
- Your ticket grants you entry at the selected time. The film plays on a continuous loop, so you can stay for as long as you like, leave and re-enter the space throughout the day.
- The full film is 270 minutes
- This film contains content on potentially sensitive topics. Read more. 

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