Mathilde's research interests are in gender and sexualities within visual culture. This is currently being explored through a practice-led PhD in visual and material culture within the department of art at Northumbria University in Newcastle. The project explores the creative practices found in the sex industry, explored through curatorial methodologies that emphasises care, activism, and socially engaged approaches. The research further analyses the depiction of sex and pornography in art and popular culture and delves into the historical and contemporary representations of sex work within exhibition spaces. Aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of how art work and sex work intersect, and the ways in which they shape and are shaped by broader social dynamics. It hopes to reinterpret and present social constructions surrounding bodies, commodities, and contemporary labour structures.

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 mathilde.friis@northumbria.ac.uk