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Ecosexuality is a term used to indicate the ecological entanglements of human sexuality. It is the topic of (Stefanie Iris Weiss )’ ''Eco-Sex: Go Green Between the Sheets and Make Your Love Life Sustainable'' (2010), and has been widely circulated in the work of artists (Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle ). Broadly speaking, ecosexuality describes a growing movement of art, activism, theory, and social practice exploring the intersections of sexuality and ecological relations in a number of different forms and contexts. The concept of ecosexuality indicates the ways in which sexuality is already ecological, and the ways that recognizing and appreciating ecological entanglements can affect understandings of sexuality.〔Michael J. Morris, "Material Entanglements With the Nonhuman World: Theorizing Ecosexualities in Performance," PhD Dissertation, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, 2015.〕 For some, ecosexuality indicates a sexual orientation or sexual identity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ecosex Manifesto )〕 ==Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens== During their seven-year project the (Love Art Laboratory ), Stephens and Sprinkle declared themselves ecosexuals, and (in 2008, married the Earth in a performance art wedding in Santa Cruz, California ).〔Jennie Klein, “Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art As Social Practice,” ''Art Papers'' (July/August 2008): 19-21.〕 Since their initial wedding to the Earth in 2008, Stephens and Sprinkle have continued to stage ecosexual weddings in which they make vows of love and care to various elements and entities throughout the nonhuman world: they married the Sky in Oxford, England, and the Sea in Venice, Italy (2009); the Moon in Los Angeles, California, and the Appalachian Mountains in Athens, Ohio (2010); the Snow in Ottawa, Canada, the Rocks and Coal in Spain, and the Sun in San Francisco, California (2011); Lake Kallavesi in Finland (2012) and the soil in Krems, Austria (2014). They have written an ''Ecosex Manifesto'', produced national and international Ecosex Symposiums, and continue to produce performances, workshops, “ecosex walking tours,” gallery exhibitions, and films that enact their vision of ecosexuality. They have pioneered a new field of research and artistic practice called “sexecology,” through which they continue to develop and explore ecosexuality and the places where sexology and ecology intersect. In their (''Ecosex Manifesto'' ), which was released at the second Ecosex Symposium in 2011, Stephens and Sprinkle writes: (i) We are the ecosexuals. The Earth is our lover. We are madly, passionately, and fiercely in love, and we are grateful for this relationship each and every day. In order to create a more mutual and sustainable relationship with the Earth, we collaborate with nature. We treat the Earth with kindness, respect and affection. Stephens has written about her own work with Annie Sprinkle as the Love Art Laboratory, identifying as “eco-sexuals,” developing the field of “sexecology”—exploring places where sexology and ecology overlap—and reflecting on how they came to this work and these identities in the ''Canadian Theatre Review''.〔Elizabeth Stephens, “Becoming Eco-sexual,” ''Canadian Theatre Review'' 144 (Fall 2010): 13-19.〕 Stephens and Sprinkle have also co-authored a critical reflection on their own weddings to the moon and the Appalachian Mountains in ''Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts''.〔Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, “On Becoming Appalachian Moonshine,” ''Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts'' On Ecology 17, no. 4 (2012): 61-66.〕 In 2013, Stephens released (''Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story'' ), a documentary examining the use of mountain-top removal in West Virginia and the violence these mining techniques enact on the ecosystems and communities in which they are practiced. In the documentary, Stephens and Sprinkle offer ecosexuality and eroticism as resources for developing more ethical relationships with the planet and towards furthering environmental activism. Ecosexuality in this context functions specifically as a mode of cultivating more care for the Earth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story - Home )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ecosexuality」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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