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Maintenance Pornography is an art-based research project that explores work on the platform. Using a made-up dollhouse as an interface and stage, this performative investigation looks into domestic and repetitive actions on a sexcam platform, the not-so spectacular side of the networked self. Through a humorous yet critical play, this piece asks about social reproduction on the platform economy, the role of maintenance practices in the generation of value, the incorporation of new technological infrastructures into daily life.
Clean the room / check the internet connection / update the profile / remember the names of the fans / adjust the lighting / charge the sex-toys / check the make-up.
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Hernández, A. (2021). Maintenance Pornography. In: Della Ratta, D., Lovink, G., Numerico, T., Sarram, P. (eds) The Aesthetics and Politics of the Online Self. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65497-9_7
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