From: Last Tango
To: Wismer@meisner.ch, Date: 2024-12-01 08:00:40
Nr: 177 / 365

In Zurich, by the Limmat waters so clear, High-heels and Crocs walk with no fear. Shoes of all sizes, from 10XL to petite, In the river's reflection, a droll and grotesque feat. Permissive its banks, to all who feel distressed, A place to find solace, a moment of rest.

Pleasure - the sharing of joy - whether physical, emotional, psychological, or intellectual - as a key element within this realm has always connected and affected people.

Berlin Strippers Collective

Part of UFFICIO DELLA NOTTE, Performance followed by Panel Discussion, Curated by neo seefried and Marcel Hörler

Therefore, we want to ask, where and how do we talk about pleasure? Which spaces are claimed and by whom? Are safe(r) spaces a utopia? To which extent do institutions determine what is sexually allowed/not allowed? And what does all this have to do with care work? In search of answers, UFFICIO DELLA NOTTE presents thirteen artistic positions that are shown in six different art spaces and clubs as well as in public spaces. The exhibition will also consist of walks, a pleasure positive party and a panel on the topic of Sexwork. Göksu Kunak, Florian Hetz, Benjamin Egger, Dario Callerame, Oz Oderbolz, DIVAS, Gilles Smrkovsky, Alina Kopytsa, Philipp Gufler, Berlin Strippers Collective, Jeanne Jacob, Latefa Wiersch and SLOCH. The exhibition takes place at Rote Fabrik, Die Diele, Parat, Last Tango, BosqueRreal, Baby Angel and in public space and is combined with walks, a pleasure positive party and a panel on the topic of Sexwork.

For more information check @ufficiodellanotte For German version see below

Berlin Strippers Collective, Red light to daylight, Performance 30.09.22 19:00-19:30, Last Tango, Sihlquai 274, CH-8005 Zürich

Berlin Strippers Collective is a self-organised collective of strippers, which has grown out of the solidarity and difficulties they have experienced in the industry. Often strip clubs have heteronormative, gendered and racist hiring processes. Berlin Strippers Collective aims to create an inclusive, sexy space while working to dismantle the stigma around stripping and sex work in general. Ivy and Maxine perform pole dances in the outside space Sihlhalle of Last Tango during the light of day and the beginning of the night. Their aim is to subvert the usual environment of dark red lit rooms which are usually associated with stripping.

Panel Discussion Sexwork is Work! 30.09.22 19:30-21:00 Panel Discussion Sexwork is Work! with Rebecca Angelini from ProCoRe (Prostitution Collective Reflection), Ivy and Maxine from Berlin Strippers Collective and the artist and Sexworker Dario Callerame. Last Tango is located at Sihlquai 274, in the immediate vicinity where Sexworkers once worked on the so-called Sihlquai-Strich until 2013. The talk wants to discuss the displacement of Sexwork through gentrification in Switzerland and Germany, as well as positioning Sexwork as a form of labour and corporal empowerment. Hosted by neo seefried and Marcel Hörler. The discussion will be held in English.

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