Objectify your own body by offering it to the public as an olfactory and aesthetic experience. The idea was put into practice by the internationally known Italian porn actress Valentina Nappi to the Museum of Contemporary Art (CAM) by Casoriathrough physical performance”senses“.
“We have been working with Valentina for a number of years and we are not new to this kind of somewhat special performance,” commented the museum’s director on the sidelines of the event. Antonio Manfredi. Four hundred visitors – with a sold-out camera for the occasion – had the opportunity to smell Valentina on different parts of her body as she rocked naked on a sex chair. Feet, armpits, navel, feet, buttocks and vulva, the menu for those who want to smell the porn star covered with essences specially prepared for the occasion Chef Pasquale Trotta.
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«The idea – explains Valentina Nappi – stems from a long reflection on the relationship between pornography and cooking. The Futurists were already pondering the idea of introducing perfumes at the table. Perfumes were sprayed behind guests during the futuristic dinners. Also, pornography and cooking are my two biggest passions; that’s why I thought of objectifying myself and becoming a dish to smell for art ». futurism and more. The hard performer from Pompeii answers in a pornographic tone, and it could not be otherwise, a kind of performance that has illustrious models, above all “Rhythm 0” by Marina Abramovic which was the subject of a six-hour exhibition in Naples in 1974. This performance had different implications for the visitor than that of Valentina Nappi, which instead aims to evoke smells and therefore memories inevitably linked to the erotic sphere.
The choice of chef Trotta, explains the Hard actress, was no coincidence: “The chef and I often talk about sex and smells. We both have a passion for body odors. So I gave him carte blanche. I already knew in which direction it would go.”
Long and careful gastronomic research was behind the selection of the perfumes to be sprayed on Valentina’s body. The chef explains it himself: “I was trying to understand how fermentation could bring me closer to what body odors are. The clean body has no odor. With the hours of the day, however, you start to smell the first through sweating. The selected essences enhance the natural scents of Valentina ».
A combination of sex and haute cuisine, which for the chef is part of the understanding of his work: “In my opinion – he concludes – there is a connection between sex and the world of cooking. I always tell my boys that the service is the orgasm of the day because during the day you prepare and give everything for the evening and the service offered is the orgasm ».
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The audience of “Senses” is mixed. There are people of all ages, mainly men, but also many women, often paired with their boyfriend or husband. And while the background music features ambient and enhanced sounds from KAMAKeveryone who undergoes the olfactory session on Nappi’s body is satisfied, if not ecstatic.
With Valentina Nappi – who often doesn’t skimp on opinions on current issues – art breaks into porn, a sector that has been boosted by paid platforms such as e.g only fans what the porn star reflects on: «There has never been so much money in the world of porn. I have a love and hate relationship with OnlyFans in the sense that I love the economic opportunity OF gives me. But I don’t consider myself the kind of user who would pay for OnlyFans. I prefer curated porn, I don’t like amateurs. I don’t like looking at it or flipping it. A matter of taste, yes a matter of smell.