Ars Erotica

 
Explicit depictions are considered obscene, pornography is seen as crossing boundaries, provocation and breaking taboos. However, this has not always been the case. A look at cultural history makes it clear that there were also other functions for explicit depictions, for example as educational, entertaining, simply decorative or artistically valuable.

The film follows the history of sexually explicit depictions in different eras and cultures, shows connections between past and present, provides insights into current developments and gives experts, performers and pornographers a chance to have their say. The cultural history of the explicit image has more to offer than taboo and taboo-breaking. A look inside the ARS EROTICA.