In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Abby Giuseppe to discuss our new collaborative series, Teknoerotica.
In an era where technology touches every aspect of human life, the intersection of sex, identity, and automation raises pressing questions: How does technology reshape desire? What happens when the boundary between human and machine blurs? Can intimacy persist in a world mediated by artificial intelligence, surveillance, and cybernetics?
Teknoerotica is a five-film series that explores these questions through the lens of speculative fiction, cyber-surrealism, and techno-eroticism. Featuring Crimes of the Future (2022), Strange Days (1995), Teknolust (2002), demonlover (2002), and The Beast (2023), this series examines the ways in which technology amplifies, distorts, and commodifies human desire, presenting visions both seductive and disturbing.
Teknoerotica is screening in Richmond throughout April at Ours, with a special showing at Studio Two Three on April 9. The full schedule is as follows:
April 2 – Crimes of the Future (2022, dir. David Cronenberg)
April 9 – Strange Days (1995, dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
April 16 –Teknolust (2002, dir. Lynn Hershman Leeson)
April 23 – Demonlover (2002, dir. Olivier Assayas)
April 30 –The Beast (2023, dir. Bertrand Bonello)