Enough Images? Sexuality, Pornography and Digital Bodies

This workshop explores the overflow of sexualized imagery and asks how "Enough" can guide healthy boundaries. Through reflection and artistic practice, participants develop empowered, self-determined strategies for navigating digital sexuality.

This workshop examines the overwhelming presence of sexualized images and online pornography, asking how the concept of “Enough” can support healthier relationships to digital intimacy. By using “Enough” as a critical lens, participants question when digital sexual content becomes excessive, how it shapes expectations of bodies and sexuality, and where personal and social boundaries can be consciously set. The workshop encourages participants to explore their own thresholds: What feels empowering? What feels intrusive? How can intentional reduction and clearer boundaries foster a more autonomous experience of sexuality online?

Guided by Lisa Andergassen and Diana Weis, the course combines critical media literacy with artistic experimentation. Participants analyze media representations of sexuality, body norms, and desire, learning to articulate a non-moralizing and reflective language around these topics. They will also work creatively - through collage, video, photo, or text - to translate personal insights into artistic forms.

Collaborative discussions, peer exchanges, and short theoretical inputs create a supportive environment for shared learning. Artistic exercises allow participants to reframe digital images and reclaim agency over how sexuality is represented and experienced. By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed individual strategies for self-protection, boundary-setting, and self-determination in the digital sphere, culminating in a collective manifesto that articulates their redefined understanding of “Enough.”
 

Schedule

3 days, 6 hours per day

Knowledge requirements

No specialized prior knowledge is required.
Participants should be open to engaging with topics related to sexuality, digital media, and body representation in a reflective and respectful way. A basic familiarity with using digital platforms (e.g., social media, image-sharing tools) is helpful but not mandatory.

Participants should be willing to:

• Reflect on personal experiences with digital media and online imagery
• Engage in critical discussion about sexuality, intimacy, and representation without moral judgment
• Experiment with artistic forms such as collage, performance, video, photography, or text
• Collaborate in group dialogues and creative exercises

An interest in media studies, art, cultural analysis, or gender/sexuality studies can be beneficial, but the course is designed to be accessible to people from diverse backgrounds.

Equipment requirements

A personal laptop or tablet to be used for research and for sharing content during the workshop.

Diana Weis is a professor of fashion journalism and teaches fashion theory at UdK. She received her doctorate in from the University of Hamburg with a cultural studies thesis on the neurotoxin Botox. For several years now, her research has focused on digital aesthetics, beauty standards, and beauty cultures on the internet. Her book “Modebilder” was recently published in the Digitale Bildkulturen (Digital Image Cultures) series by Wagenbach.

www.dianaweis.com  

 

Lisa Andergassen is a media scholar and seasoned academic lecturer and trainer. Her work centers on the representation of sexuality, race, and gender in digital and audiovisual media, alongside a critical engagement with platform economies. She has authored numerous publications examining the historical development and contemporary debates on pornographic representation in film and online environments

www.lisaandergassen.com