September Gathering: Australian Porn- A New Frontier.

September Gathering: Australian Porn- A New Frontier.

This gathering at PFA requires little introduction. One of our MOST popular forums EVER- Australian Pornography- A New Frontier brings together Australia’s most prominent pornographers for a profound, intelligent and thought provoking discussion on the nature of Australian porn, its impact and its educational value. Australian Porn is gaining notoriety globally and earning respect from some of the global greats with our Award winning panelsits sharing their passion and knowledge with the PFA audience. Edgy, smart and ethical- this panel will be hosted by Cyndi Darnell exploring and celebrating how Australian porn is changing erotic expression in a global community.

Panelists

Angela White has been performing in pornography for the past decade. She has starred in over 150 pornographic films and has been featured in more than 100 magazines including Penthouse, Hustler and Zoo. Angela also appeared in the Australian television comedy series “Pizza”. In 2010, Angela ran as a political candidate for the Australian Sex Party in the Victorian state election, in which she publicly fought for the rights of sex workers. Angela has a degree in Gender Studies (BA Hons) from the University of Melbourne. You can learn more about Angela White by visiting her official website: www.angelawhite.com.

Bourke Wills

Bourke is the director behind AdultVoyeur.com.au, Australia’s number one porn site. He comes from a mainstream film and tv production background and bought a number of professionals across to Adult with him. Adult Voyeur’s focus is on producing a style of pornography that displays the approach to sex and sexuality which is uniquely Australian. Aussies are well know across the world as sexy, sex positive, fun people, with an eager enjoyment of sex. It is this ideal Adult Voyeur is presenting to the rest to the world.

Ms Naughty has been creating and curating porn online since 2000 and she has run the porn for women subscription site ForTheGirls.com since 2003. Her latest project is BrightDesire.com, a sex positive feminist porn site that features all her filmed and written work. Since 2004 she has blogged about porn, feminism and censorship at MsNaughty.com/blog. Her erotic fiction has appeared in several editions of Best Women’s Erotica. Her film Connections: Real Couples, Joyful Sex won a Feminist Porn Award in 2013 and she has been nominated for her films three times previously. She has a chapter on porn for women in The Feminist Porn Book, edited by Tristan Taormino et al. Prior to her career in porn, she worked as a librarian and freelance journalist. She is married and lives in a small country town surrounded by fundamentalist Christians.

Anna Brownfield
RMIT Media Arts Graduate award winning feminist erotic filmmaker, Anna Brownfield, has gained extensive media attention for the originality of her work. Her films look at strong female characters, female gaze, sex, sexuality and domestic craft. Her work has screened at numerous festivals here and overseas including International Women’s Conference (Beijing), WOW Film Festival (Sydney). Her first feature film ‘ The Money Shot’ closed the 2005 Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) and won Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Male Lead
Her second feature, ‘The Band’ has screened at Cannes Film Market (France), opened the Berlin Porn Film Festival (German, 2009), has sold to numerous territories around the world and won “Hottest Feature” at the Feminist Porn Awards 2010 in Canada. “Making it Handmade!” is her first documentary, which premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival 2010, Down Under Film Festival (Berlin, Germany) and had its TV premiere on ABC2 in 2011. Currently, she is making a film about feminist pornography around the world entitled “Doing it Her Way.”

Gala Vanting
Gala Vanting is an erotic imaginist based in Australia.  Erotic filmmaker, professional BDSM practitioner, educator, pleasure activist, and kinky queer feminist, Gala approaches all of her work with a sex-positive perspective and a focus on intimacy, connection, and the democratisation of sexy.  For more info on her and her work, please see www.msgalavanting.com and www.sensatefilms.com.

When: Tuesday September 10. 2013
Where: LOOP Bar 23 Meyers Place. Melbourne CBD
Time: 7.30pm
Cost: $10- No Bookings required – But turn up early as this event is sure to be standing-room only. No guarantees for space or positions

In Other News

To see our upcoming panels for the rest of the year click here

We are still looking for expressions of interest from people to appear on our October Panel_ Tuesday Oct 8th  exploring Sexuality, Intimacy and Culture- How culture, sub-culture, race and other identities create erotic alliances and separations- living in Australia. Please email pleasureforumaustralia@gmail.com  Ideally you would be experienced and well-versed in your subject area, ( though not necessarily an ‘expert’ or an academic) reasonably articulate, comfortable speaking in public and bring a level of passion, integrity and professionalism to the event and Pleasure Forum Australia overall.

Sex, Fire and Freedom with Cyndi Darnell

Sunday September 8th – Bookings Essential – More info here
Sex, Fire and Freedom is a one day workshop for all women who wish to experience a profound exploration of sexuality away from the social and cultural restrictions that bind and restrict women’s stories of erotic pleasure. In this workshop you will:

• Unpack your erotic story
• Understand more of your sexual possibilities
• Remember how sex works in your body, mind and heart
• Journey into Fire and Desire
• Exploring  your erotic charge(s)
• Meeting and playing with Power

Also two seminars in September and October respectively Male Arousal Anatomy & Female Arousal Anatomy BOOKINGS required for all events.

Community Announcement

Theaterotica is a new Melbourne-based theatre company with the mission to produce quality theatre that is sex positive, and inclusive. We are seeking erotic monologues, scenes and plays and would like to hear from experienced performers. We are looking for a wide range of works covering the full spectrum of sexuality and gender. Writers, please contact Theaterotica@hotmail.com with your monologue (up to 2000 words).  Deadline 16 September. Performers, please contact Theaterotica@hotmail.com with a headshot and performance CV.  Auditions early October.

Theaterotica. PO BOX 24317. Melbourne Vic 3001