rtéfact Culture éclectique
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December 2012
According to Jean le Rond d'Alembert eroticism is "an epithet that applies to everything related to love of the sexes". For us, it is a desire upward, something profound, concrete and derived. Something that shows animalistic part of human nature. Eroticism exposes sexuality in all dimensions, from the obscene to the sublime. It's body's scent and flavor. The texture of the skin and how it turns into ecstasy. Also, it is the imagination that intensifies emotions. And endorsement of life, from the exquisite taste for sexuality, sensuality and knowledge. Therefore, it's no longer a synonymous with erotic pleasure... Nowadays, when we type “porn”, a browser gives 900,000 search results. Overexposure of sex is omnipresent. And that's what we call "pornographisation." In order to understand this phenomenon, Artéfact presents a study commited to "pornographisation of pop culture". Marys Hertiman introduces a review regarding pornographisation of pop culture. Jasmine Shadrack analyzes this theme from the perspective of gender studies. Catherine Curran Vigier decodes a worldwide bestseller 50 shades of grey by E.L. James. Then Cyril Dumas shares his study on ancient pornography and Vicky Gilpin analyzes August Strindberg's Miss Julie. Finally, João Gabriel da Silva Lima closes the dossier with an article presenting a relationship between desire, art and pornography. Here are some tools that elaborate the way of perceiving this phenomenon (for some disturbing, for others - liberating). Also, Artéfact presents an overview of film and photography. The second issue offers even
more of literary reviews and few poems by Jorge Artel (for the very first time translated from the Spanish). Waiting for the end of the world...
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