{"id":7448,"date":"2018-04-06T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T21:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2018-04-06T17:39:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T21:39:32","slug":"beth-stephens-annie-sprinkle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/beth-stephens-annie-sprinkle\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Stephens &#038; Annie Sprinkle"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7408\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7448-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annieandbeth.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annieandbeth.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annieandbeth.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_7466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7466\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PodPunks.jpg?resize=640%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PodPunks.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PodPunks.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PodPunks.jpg?resize=324%2C235&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PodPunks.jpg?resize=578%2C420&amp;ssl=1 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beth Stephens &amp; Annie Sprinkle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beth Stephens, Ph.D. has been a filmmaker, performance artist, activist and educator for three decades. Stephens is the Founding Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/earthlab.ucsc.edu\/\">E.A.R.T.H. Lab<\/a> at UC Santa Cruz where she is the Department Chair and Professor of Art. In the last five years she has produced two new feature documentary films, and has shown many video installations in galleries and museums.<\/p>\n<p>Annie Sprinkle has been creating <a href=\"http:\/\/anniesprinkle.org\/\">multi-media projects<\/a> about sexuality for four decades. She was the first adult film star to earn a Ph.D. She bridged into art and toured her one-woman theater pieces to many countries. Her new book, she co-authored with Beth Stephens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Explorers-Guide-Planet-Orgasm-every\/dp\/0937609854\">Explorer\u2019s Guide to Planet Orgasm<\/a>\u2014For Every Body, is all about orgasm and only orgasm.<\/p>\n<p>Together Stephens and Sprinkle are founders of the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/theecosexuals.org\/\">ecosex movement<\/a>\u201d where they aim to make the environmental movement more sexy, fun and diverse. They were official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.documenta14.de\/en\/artists\/13487\/annie-sprinkle-and-beth-stephens\">Documenta 14 artists<\/a> (2017) where their new film, \u201cWater Makes Us Wet\u2014An Ecosexual Adventure\u201d premiered, plus they had visual art exhibit and\u00a0 gave <a href=\"http:\/\/sexecology.org\/ecosex-walking-tours\/\">Ecosex Walking Tours<\/a>. Currently they\u2019re completing a book about their work, \u201cAssuming the Ecosexual Position\u201d for University of Minnesota Press.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the trailer to their film, <em>Water Makes Us Wet<\/em>, below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/237241085\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/237241085\">Water Makes Us Wet &#8211; &#8211; Trailer<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ecosex\">Elizabeth Stephens<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7467\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7467\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pocha-Capture-015.jpeg?resize=646%2C431&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pocha-Capture-015.jpeg?w=553&amp;ssl=1 553w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pocha-Capture-015.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beth Stephens &amp; Annie Sprinkle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annieandbeth.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBeth Stephens, Ph.D. has been a filmmaker, performance artist, activist and educator for three decades. 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