Regulating Desire: AI, Pornography, and Sex Work in Contemporary Germany at Fusion Festival 2026
Regulating Desire: AI, Pornography, and Sex Work in Contemporary Germany plays Fusion Festival 2026 on Sat, Jun 27 at 12:00 at the Casino stage in Germany.
- Day
- Sat, Jun 27
- Set time
- 12:00–13:00Europe/Berlin
- Stage
- Casino
- Festival dates
- Jun 24–29, 2026
- Country
- Germany
Plan around it
Around this set
Star anything here and it joins your plan, clash warnings included.
On the Casino
- 11:00–12:00Casino Morning Yoga with Valerie Hartwich
- 12:00–13:00Regulating Desire: AI, Pornography, and Sex Work in Contemporary GermanyThis set
- 13:00–14:00“Never Again”?
At the same time
- 12:00–12:00xstage – Experimental Stage ProjectOutdoor
- 16:00–23:00PassengersOutdoor
- 08:00–13:00Sick CrewTube Tresen
- 10:02–14:00Infoladen im Workshophanger / Infoshop in the WorkshophangerWorkshop Hangar Domes
- 10:05–13:30Siebdruck Workshop / Screen printing WorkshopWorkshop Hangar Domes
On the ground
Find the Casino
Regulating Desire: AI, Pornography, and Sex Work in Contemporary Germany plays at the Casino, marked on the Fusion Festival 2026 map below.
About this set
- Workshop
This talk explores two crucial topics affecting sex workers currently: the ongoing debate around sex work regulation in Germany, including possible changes and the concerns many sex workers have about them. It highlights why policies should be shaped by listening directly to sex workers and their lived experiences. The session also looks at how AI and deepfake porn are affecting sex workers today: – How are sex workers being affected by, or interacting with deepfake technologies and AI? – What are the harms that currently exist and what are the potential benefits? The findings of a yearlong research on this topic will be presented as well as what sex work activism stands for when it comes to policy making and legislation.