A critical cartography as an artificial counterweave for special times… OPENING dialogues between diverse positions, rhythms and rhetorics. Themes such as pornographic archeology, club culture, noise terrorism, erotic role play and the arcology of down unfold a common thinking and acting that involves the perforation of existing formats as well as a joint shifting of boundaries. Jamaica isn't all sun, sea and sex, but Hedonism II certainly is.APOCALYPTIC HEDONISM brings together the heterogeneous influences and settings which form ROSA STERN SPACE as a material-discursive construct. If I, a body positivity-preaching 20-something couldn't be content in my body, then how is the bellying middle-aged woman gearing herself up to go shirtless supposed to feel? Good sex - and in a larger sense, any venture - is about comfort and confidence, and we shouldn't be settling for anything less. I stopped worrying about my breasts' position on my chest, the shape of my stomach, the size of my butt. After the initial shock, nudity was surprisingly easy to accustom to, and the ease and comfort with which women and men of all shapes and sizes strutted in at dinnertime in tiny thongs, or walked to the pool in the morning wearing nothing but sunscreen, was remarkably refreshing. While I, a New Zealand-native living in liberal New York, have never felt more innocent than I did in my time spent at the resort, Hedonism II truly worked wonders on my ebbing and fluctuating self-esteem. Which could quite honestly not have been more welcome. Needless to say, it became difficult to concentrate on the hoop. At 3pm on a Sunday afternoon, my boyfriend and I decided to play a game of pick-up, only to be hyper-conscious of how loud the basketball was bouncing while a trio were engaging in the early stages of a threesome.

You should expect to witness sex acts, which are not encouraged, but happen frequently, as we learned our first night in the nude pool (read: a full lineup of men seated on the edge of the pool and enjoying fellatio). When entering this area you are also asked to leave your phone behind nonetheless, I did find my own foray into de-robing recorded from behind someone's slightly lifted curtain. Half the resort allows for you to walk around clothed if you wish (though you may receive raise eyebrows in response), while the other half requires nudity at all times.

But what is a sex resort, and what makes it any different from a resort where you inevitably will have sex? A few small details, the first of which includes the optional, and compulsory, nudity.

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