SNAP! a festival entirely dedicated to the representations, discourses and issues surrounding sex work.
Sex work (sex camper-ers, prostitutes, escorts, porn actresses, dominatrix-ers, etc.) is little known from the perspective of the people who do it, little covered in the media, and when it is, it's in a crude and caricatured way.
Yet, beyond the sensationalism usually associated with this type of subject, sex workers are at the intersection of major theoretical and political issues, as well as at the heart of reflections on the representable, uses of self, relations to work, sexuality, class and gender. So it's no coincidence that sex work and the people who perform it are a living point of convergence for feminist, political, queer and libertarian countercultures.
Concentrated over 3 days, the program of this first French Sex Worker Fest included film screenings, evening shows and performances by sex workers from France and Europe, conferences and round-table discussions that brought together sex worker organizations involved in the struggle for access to rights and academics and institutional players to share situated knowledge, critical thinking and expertise from the field.
First edition of the festival: November 2-4, 2018 at Point Ephémère (200 Quai de Valmy 75010 PARIS).
For the full program, visit http://snapfest.fr/
Cover photo: SNAP! fest poster