The Protagonist of the Erotic
Episodes
Ocean Vuong by Estelle Hoy
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you like to be living in whipped cream — soft, curtailed, radical tenderness? Or to root yourself like a luminescent rhododendron, with shallo...
Zinedine Zidane by Yassine Salihine
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zinedine Zidane — ZZ, Zizou, Yazid — the legendary number 10. So many names for one of the most adored figures in the world’s most popular sport...
Hideo Kojima by Théo Casciani
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flickering lights, stealth shadows, grainy textures. Snowy mountains, rusted metal, and dilapidated compounds – Metal Gear Solid has turned on milli...
Nifemi Marcus-Bello by Rita Ouédraogo
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Metal, memory and material desire: today, curator Rita Ouédraogo devotes an episode to the designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello, celebrated for his human-cen...
Nazario Vera by Huw Lemmey
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, top floors have a striking erotic connotation; they're also the perfect vantage point to peer into the lives of others. High above Barcelona, ye...
Alexandra Bachzetsis by Judith Vrancken
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all have notebooks of our own, whatever form they take. Scribbles, words, whispers, desires, rants and erasures may be entered and so the body boun...
Rodney Bay by Vladimir Lucien
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you're looking to send a poem to your lover or indulge in a moment of self-pleasure, Vladimir Lucien has recently penned a rhythmic and heartf...
Barbie by Martin Rombouts
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who thinks it’s easy to be an ethical slut? Martin Rombouts shakes the sheets, and gossips pour out, wrinkle upside down, and twinkle. Que...
The Hairdresser by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hair grows through the echo of the past and the movement of the future. The hairdresser is a place of transformation, care, and conflict, where feelin...
Raving by McKenzie Wark
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the panic of wardrobe choices to the dissolution in between the anonymous bodies, McKenzie layers sensations of lust and fatigue. Droplets of swe...
The Egg by Nina Folkersma
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The egg is the most naked thing Nina Folkersma has ever seen. Yet, it is magical and mysterious. By stretching the egg’s metaphor close to her body,...
Anne Carson by Canan Marasligil
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Carson is a literary superstar. At sixteen years old, she fell in love with the ancient Greek language and pursued her passion by translating Sap...
The Bed by James Taylor-Foster
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A space of refuge and comfort where, while wrapped in bedlinens or a soft eiderdown quilt, our dreams and fantasies unfold. Under the clouds of the du...
The Swimming Pool by Lara Haworth
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clandestine. Blue. Sparkling and full of promise. The pristine surface of an empty swimming pool is like a sensual invitation. 'Jump into me,' it seem...
Janelle Monáe by Dan Hassler-Forest
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Singer. Dancer. Movie star. Activist. Afrofuturist. Android. Janelle Monáe is one of the most iconic pop stars of her generation. Her music is utterl...
Coca-Cola by Seb Emina
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fizzling on the tongue, sugary sweet and deliciously cool, there’s nothing quite like Coca-Cola on a hot day. Cracking open a bottle, Seb Emina take...
The Smartphone by Nadine Botha
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
'Are you in a serious relationship with your smartphone?' The question headlines long-form news articles warning of the dour effects of incessant usag...
Aubergines by Nat Muller
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roasted with a splash of olive oil, a twist of garlic or dash of hot chilli, aubergines are sensuously salivating. The vegetables are immediately reco...
Kiez by Defne Ayas
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the beating heart of Berlin, Defne Ayas finds herself surrounded by a cast of endlessly invigorating neighbours. ‘Kiez’ is the B...
A Desk by Emmanuel Iduma
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is there any relationship more proverbial than the one between a writer and their desk? The location of laboured love, where words, dreams and fantasi...
A Pair of Sneakers by Anja Aronowsky Cronberg
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nestled between wedge heels, cosy slippers and patent brogues on your shoe rack, there are most likely a pair of sneakers – Converse with unravellin...
The Amorphophallus by Norbert Peeters
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters finds the lives of plants endlessly invigorating. Deep in the undergrowth of his local urban hothouse, surrounde...
David Cronenberg by Nicholas Elliott
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond sexuality, beyond sex, beyond gender – for Nicholas Elliott, the films of David Cronenberg are about pure transcendence, in a way that o...
The Spectral Ear by Fatoş Üstek
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A hearing aid. Perhaps not the most obvious choice for an erotic item. Yet, as Fatoş Üstek finds, deep listening is essential to unlocking the full ...
An Island by James Taylor-Foster
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the inaugural episode, curator and writer James Taylor-Foster explores the idea of an island. Thrusting up amidst bodies of water, these...
New York by Adam Kleinman
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having ingested a hearty dose of psychoactive magic mushrooms, Adam Kleinman roams through the streets of a nocturnal New York. The Cit...