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Arse Elektronika is an annual conference organized by the Austrian arts and philosophy collective monochrom, focused on sex and technology. The festival's curator is Johannes Grenzfurthner. The name Arse Elektronika is a pun on Ars Electronica, the name of an arts and technology organization also based in Austria. Speakers at past conferences have included Violet Blue, Mark Dery, Richard Kadrey, Annalee Newitz, Carol Queen, Susie Bright and Rudy Rucker, with demonstrations by Kyle Machulis of the blog Slashdong; Heather Kelley; Allen Stein of (Thrillhammer ); and other engineers of the pornographic website Fucking Machines. ==Past conferences== The first conference was held in 2007〔Silverberg, David (4 October 2007). ("Sex Meets Tech at Kinky Conference in San Francisco" ) ''Digital Journal''. Retrieved 19 February 2012.〕 to answer questions about the impact of sex on technological innovation and adoption. New technologies are quick to appeal to pornography consumers, and thus these customers represent a profitable market segment for the suppliers of new products and services. The 2008 conference, subtitled "Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep: Critical Perspectives on Sex and Science Fiction,"〔Jardin, Xeni (26 September ''()''). ("Arse Elektronika Event on Sex and Tech Now Under Way in SF" ). ''BoingBoing''. Retrieved 19 February 2012.〕 focused on sex and technology as seen through the futurist lens of science fiction, as well as depictions of science fiction in pornography. The 2009 conference, "Of Intercourse and Intracourse"〔("Arse Elektronika 2009" ). monochrom.〕 dealt with bodies and the modification thereof, including wetware, gene therapy, biotechnology and body modification. Talks also speculated on the social impacts of these technologies particularly the implications on heteronormativity if biological sex becomes easily changeable. The 2010 conference, "Space Racy", dealt with issues of space, both in an architectural and aeronautical sense. Topics included the possibility of sex in outer space, the gendered and/or sexualized nature of built spaces, interspecies romance in video games, and an interactive installation in which participants could have sex while buried in a surveillant coffin.〔("Six Feet Under Club Takes Sex to New Depths" ). CarnalNation〕 The 2011 conference, "Screw the System," dealt with sex, technology, class politics, and culture. The 2012 conference, "4PLAY: Gamifuckation and Its Discontents" dealt with sex, technology and games.〔(Interview with Arse Elektronika curator Johannes Grenzfurthner in Kill Screen Magazine ): "Stories about orcs and rape: the man behind Arse Elektronika"〕 The 2013 conference, "id/entity" dealt with sex, technology and identity. The 2014 conference, "TRANS *. *" dealt with technology and sexuality in societal and personal transition. The 2015 conference, "Spread Your Workload" will deal with technology and sexuality and work (tech and sex work; work and labour politics in context of sex tech; work in a physical context). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arse Elektronika」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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