Milo Moiré – “My art is a nude confrontation”

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What happens when a woman puts her sexuality on public display, assertively takes the initiative and lays out clear rules for the intimate interaction? Performance artist Milo Moiré wears a trapezoidal skirt made up of mirrored surfaces; a rectangular opening at the front is closed off by a red curtain. With a megaphone she invites passers-by to reach into the opening for 30 seconds, in order to touch her vagina. “I am standing here today for women’s rights and sexual self-determination.´ “Women have a sexuality, just like men have one. However, women decide for themselves when and how they want to be touched, and when they don’t.”