(Sex)Work It!

Frascati i.s.m. Red Light Icons

Fri 18 Sep 19:30

A sex worker history fashion show.

Fri 18 Sep

19:30

Fri 18 Sep

19:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 3

Past event

(Sex)Work It! is not here to behave. It is here to disrupt, challenge, and provoke. This is a space where sex workers take over Frascati’s stage as creators.

Join us for the second edition of (Sex)Work It! in collaboration with Red Light Icons. This collective started out in the streets of the Red Light District as a call for visibility. Now they are taking over Frascati, with their Sex Workers Throughout History Fashion Show. During this evening, fashion, community, sex work and stories of resistance come together on the stage to explore, reinvent, and celebrate the history of sex work.

Where does art end and sex work begin? And who decides it?

(Sex)Work It! came to exist from the belief that there is no hard separation between art and sex work, as if one belongs to “culture” and the other to “taboo”. However, whereas art institutes in Amsterdam’s city centre are given municipal funding, sex workers operating in the same district currently fear the threat of being displaced out of the public sight.

Amsterdam’s Red Light District has always been a as a vital location for sex work and has played a crucial role in the history of sex work. With (Sex)Work It! Frascati, located within the Red Light District, gives space for sex workers to come together and resist through art and community organizing.

Language: English

Credits

artistic director Mischa Tydeman performance coaching Alejandra Zabala, Flavia Pinhero, Jojo Mugler
performance Amanda Montes, Anastasia Muñoz, Juanita Isabel Ortiz Marquez, Maria Platteeuw, Mólione Barraza, Namkeen Peshawri, Nayra Green stripper Beau Velvet costumes Kulture Kitchen & Trans Sisters; Anastasia Muñoz, Atilio Cabrera, Cleo, Sam, Vicky Wallace, Yink Goossens visagie Amanda Montes, Juanita Isabel Ortiz Marquez production Maria Platteeuw, Tonya Khan