Eroliteracy

In a TikTok Challenge sparked by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP music video, millions of people posted videos of themselves performing the sexually suggestive dance. Reels of the Tiktoks leaked into porn websites, shifting in algorithmic influence. Eroliteracy considers the context shift of the sensual and erotic discourse into the hybrid realms and gazes of digital platforms in which many young people learn to move and perceive their own bodies. The performative installation juxtaposes an algorithmically-generated virtual body with a live performance that re-embodies its sensuousness. Playing with tools like abstraction, repetition and transformation, it re-understands, deconstructs and challenges the literacy of movement performing on broader societal structures.