Decriminalised Futures

Currently in its last week, the ICA is showcasing Decriminalised Futures – an exhibition featuring thirteen international artists, who highlight the history of sex workers rights and issues faced by sex workers, people of colour, trans people, migrants and disabled people. Works include moving image, embroidery, bookmaking, gaming, audio and sculpture, creating a space for the audience to be or become solidair and spark conversations on the need for decriminalisation.

Co-curators of the exhibition, Yves Sanglante and Elio Sea say: "Full decriminalisation of sex work is the rallying cry that unites the sex worker rights movement across the world. Under this banner, sex workers and their allies have fought tirelessly for strong workers’ rights, an end to exploitation, an end to criminalisation, and real measures to address poverty. Decriminalised Futures is a celebration of this movement. This exhibition is a testament to what can be created when we take politicised sex worker organising as our starting point."

The exhibition is curated in collaboration with Arika, a UK-based political arts organisation that supports connections between artistic production and social change and is part of an ongoing project under the same name led by organisers from SWARM (Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement), a UK-based collective founded and led by sex workers.

The exhibition is on view until May 22nd at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.