Private Project

Syntia _CAM. Re-imagining sex work thorugh digital storytelling

The Internet has opened the door into our most intimate spaces and virtuality has infiltrated our bodies, merging reality and fiction. The first cam-girls of the 90s were important early examples of how the internet could create a cyborg subject by integrating human images with the internet, setting the conversation regarding the relationship between technology, gender and digital performance. By challenging the traditional notions of gender and embodiment, Syntia_CAM is a hybrid, an alien, a sex worker. Neither fully human nor fully machine. With irony and a touch of playfulness, they uses technology to create multiple identities, negotiate rates, share experiences and new forms of agency. Are you ready to witness? <3

  • Ludovica Galleani d'Agliano
    Director
  • Ludovica Galleani d'Agliano
    Producer
  • Lateena
    Key Cast
    "Fucktransia"
  • CX
    Key Cast
    "SmellyBirds"
  • Tanya
    Key Cast
    "Andrea"
  • Ludovica Galleani d'Agliano
    Key Collaborators
  • Project Type:
    Student
  • Genres:
    Sci-fi, Experimental, animation, soft-porn
  • Completion Date:
    June 8, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - ZHdK
  • Graduation Show ZHdK 2023 & Award
    Zurich
    Switzerland
    June 8, 2023
    swiss premiere
    Winner Design Forderpreis ZHdK
  • Reclaiming Roland, Exhibition
    Zurich
    Switzerland
    October 5, 2023
Director Biography - Ludovica Galleani d'Agliano

Master degree in Interaction Design at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in 2023, awarded with the “Excellence scholarship design” in 2021 and the "ZHdK Forderpreis" in 2023 with the project Syntia_CAM. She has a bachelor in Visual Communication Design at the Polytechnical University of Turin.  During the last years, she worked for several cultural events and organisations such as Videoex, an experimental film festival in Zurich and she participated to several transcultural projects, among them “Transcultural Collaborations'' a semester program in Singapore and Yogyakarta, where she had the chance to meet and collaborate with students and art practitioners from Asia and Europe. 

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Director Statement

I am currently researching and working in the field of interaction design and post-cyberfeminism. I am fascinated by the ways in which technology is changing the perception and construction of our identity, questioning the underlying assumptions and power structures that are embedded in digital structures. My works are often provocative, challenging preconceived notions of identity through technology.