2010
The 2010 Seattle Erotic Art Festival occurred April 30 through May 2, 2010 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall in Seattle, Washington. It opened the Cabinet of Curiosities, showcasing visual, performance and literary art, interactive installations, film, after parties, workshops, and a museum-quality Festival Store. Creative inspiration was drawn from 17th century Europe, when the wealthy and the well-traveled collected beautiful, grotesque and obscure things into encyclopedic collections known as "cabinets of curiosities." In the Festival’s erotic interpretation, the cabinet held a fantastical celebration of the arts.
Visual Art
The Festival showcased a world-class visual art exhibition. Festival jurors and curators selected a variety of art from over 1,600 entries submitted by more than 400 artists. “We’re excited to present a comprehensive collection of international art, diverse in medium, sexual proclivities, body type, age, ethnicity, and gender,” says Festival Director Anna Hurwitz.
Performance
The 2010 Festival included an original theatrical production entitled Cabaret de Curiosités, written and directed by award-winning NYC-based director Roger Benington. This piece was produced in collaboration with locally and nationally recognized performance artists, including an original score composed by John Woods from The Wet Spots.
Interactive Installations
The Festival offered its first grant to artists to create interactive art installations. Audience members were invited to help artist Nancy Peach complete a massive canvas; to write and receive love letters in a special bedroom designed by award-winning artist Ellen Forney and Jacob Peter Fennell; to lounge on luxurious metalwork beds and to engage the art in many other ways.
Literary Art
Returning for its second year, the Literary Art Showcase presented jury-selected poems, short stories and plays in intimate readings. The Festival spotlighted Naked Girls Reading on Friday and Saturday nights.
More information about the Festival is available at www.SeattleErotic.org.
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