Here is the link to the live presentation : https://vimeo.com/15569476
More at: http://www.maiamarinelli.com/portfolio/global-orgam-project/
Or : http://globalorgasmproject.com/
Global Orgasm is a performance where I challenge the world to give me an orgasm through social media .
The project uses a combination of sex toys, mobile technology, and social networking, with an audience of potentially millions, to evoke sexual climax. Imagine, streamed on live-video, harnessed in variety of remotely controlled sex toys connected to a network of cell-phones applications, facebook application, tweeter stream, chat room and online tv, I challenges the world to witness and give me an orgasm.
Here the performer’s body is the catalyst of a global desire while the social network functions democratic platform, vehicle of a sublime global experience. To succeed, all the network’s participants will need to coordinate their input. Based on the number of participants, how well participants work together, and with what accuracy they can control the toys the performer might or might not get an orgasm.
Performing a long-distance global sexual act abstracts the body and technology equally, uncoupling action with the consequence of that action.
The question then is : what if the performer is not enjoying the experience and asks the word to stop. Will the world stop? Will the distance between the user and the performer, between the action and the consequence of an action removes the user from his/her social and moral responsibility. Will it be a global orgasm or a global rape?
In a time were the study of woman orgasm, sexual function and biology is still an uncharted territory mostly ignored by modern science, where woman sex toys are design and build manly by mans, where Internet retes new platform for sexual abuse, online rape and internet bulling, modern laws and coon morality struggle comply.
Global organs project function as an provocative activating agent and social research rising questions about woman sexuality, culture and their place in society.
In 2010 the Global Orgasm Project wan the Arse Elektronika for the best project under development.
Below is the a video of the Global Orgasm Project at Elektronica 2010 explaining how the Global Orgasm Project works and most important explaining the thought process behind it all
Global Orgasm is a multimedia performance where the world is challenged to remotely bring a woman to orgasm.
Global Orgasm integrates social networking, live performance, mobile controlled hardware, software design, chat, audio and video streaming in to one event.
The performance is streamed live on our website and through social media outlets. Participants will be able to chat among themselves, and break off into smaller chat areas.
Basically the performance is a social network and media orgy.
The performer wares 6 sex toy that can be remotely controlled by both cell phone and social network.
The video is streamed you Ustrema a platform that integrates video streaming with social network and chat funtionality in one interface
Thougt in the buginnig our intetion was to crete a orgy aof comnication and social network using all comjnitio divice possibel from. Phne. Voice mail and social network we later relize that we need to build our system step by step.
We decided to crete 2 type of perfomance
One were the user contoll the toys thrugh a phon call
One thrugh social network
Emily and I first conversation over the absurdity of text messaging you lover and never have face time with any one any more .
“it started with me and emily loughfing”
First idea with cell phones stimulation…
Technology was not there yet but ….
Technology functions as an ecosystem. It evolves as a result of an interaction with its surrounding and We are its surroundings We determine its evolution.
As People grow obsess over there virtual identity, picture profile and twitter posts. What dose this evolution telling about us. Have we evolve into a global voyeuristic culture, in to a global narcissist culture or we have always been all of those things and technology has simply evolved to fulfill that need.
With the avvent of social network, and the consequential interest of the advertising and marketing industry in it we are we face a dilemma.. Who and How are we communicating? How will it evolve? Do we own the lenguage our communication platform we are communicating with ?
We could see the potential in the idea. We kept observing how technology and communications protocols developed and how they impacted contemporary culture
To control the sex toys we hacked and existing sex toy called OhMiBod.
OhMiBod is a remotelly controlled vidrator that vibrate to the ridum of music.
It is made of 2 elemet A ) the vibrator B) the remote controll
The way it works is you olug in the remote controll on an hedphne hack, you selct you musong and the vibrato vibrate to the ritum of the music.
We decided consequentially that in the first performance the devices will controlled by a phone call.
We looking at Global orgasm as an experiment or if you want we can call it a Hack.
But first I like to explain what hacking means for us.
Hacking = Evolution Hacking = Exploration Hacking = Education
And as a result Hacking = Ownership
Were ownership is not the act of owning something or the trade mark of something
Owning is owning the knowledge of soothing. And be able to act and contribute on it.
As we know knoledge is power.
Global Orgasm is an hacking exercise at mutiple levels
Art as an social experiemt = Art as hacking
Some time atists hack in to our sociting as provoking element of an experimet allowing ot reviling cultural andsocial patten.
In Rhythm O MA.. Explane performace
Similarelly Global O becomes the catalist of cultural and socila behavion. Thought this performace is dedicated to woman plesute will the crowd able ot be sensitive to my need. Will thay stop if I’min pain or will thay be to self absorb to realize or care. Will this performaca became a global orgasm or a global rape.
It hard to define what pornography is as evolve with time, It mirrors the culture that is supposedly practiced in and it can be defined differently based on the person how is watching it. Me looking at pussy on a mirror and Potter Stewart
In the last year global economy has tanked but porn industry has continue to grow experimenting new technology which tell us people needs orgasms
Pornography is mostly made for male masturbation
Though there is obviously al lot of woman involver in the se business in s not clear how may of those woman have a voice and an executive role in this business.
Thought there is some of which are actively participated in the growth of a new porn culture and sensibility the numbers are low .
Controlling sexuality is equal to controlling culture …. Governments , dictators and extreme religious group have known about this trick for a long time.
And here again we are faced with the same question of understanding and owning ones surroundings.
We soon realize GO ins not only a provocation but a social experiment.
An experiment in finding challenging and intelligent to talk about sexuality owing every aspect of the process.
An experiment in social behavior
An experiment in language and communication strategy
An experiment in technology
Experiment in art.
Global OrgasmIt is a palace for woman to redefine their identity and sexuality and speak about it them self and and experiment about woman pleasure for both woman and man
Obviouselly we welcome man in the discussion and we do have mans involve in the process.
Example of my experience with competitive sailing (training with man verses woman ) some
The key words are again Ownership, understanding. Hacking symbols, culture and language to crete a new experience. So we creted a brabd.
The Global Orgasm Website currently under development integrates up to date communication technology. utilizing tools and language of contemporary advertising culture GO Evolved form a performance /media art base project to a new cultural experience.
Explane the site.
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Explore your sexuality and make you own toys
Find interesting ways to talk about plesure and sexuality
Heve fun crating your won space
Intoducing speculums and Speculum TV (pre recorded video on the back gorund
M-Hello there
S-Hallo
M - Speculums is a tool communally used in Gynecology to examine vaginasa. Now they have decided to collaborate with us in exporing woma sexuality
S_ that is right
M_ Speculum tv is a mini series with a ironic twist to it, didicated to woman culture, Woman sexuality Woman lesure and Woman health
Thank you for you collaboration.
We looking at Global orgasm as an experiment or if you want we can call it a Hack.
But first I like to explain what hacking means for us.
Hacking = Evolution Hacking = Exploration Hacking = Education
And as a result Hacking = Ownership
Were ownership is not the act of owning something or the trade mark of something
Owning is owning the knowledge of soothing. And be able to act and contribute on it.
As we know knoledge is power.
