Body Commodity Catalogue

BODY COMMODITY CATALOGUE A series of artifacts aimed at illuminating a sex worker’s choice and her institutional right to physical safety, safety from disease, economic stability and access to social mobility through sex work.

Through artifacts we asked, can sex work ever be normalized?

Kelly L. Anderson Rachelle Tai Leah Cabrera Parsons | Transdisciplinary Design | Spring 2014

ENERGY PUMP Attach the intravenous tool to jugular vein sparingly in times of special exhaustion.

CROSS-CULTURAL IDENTIFIER Gently insert instrument and wait accordingly for the relevant sexual appropriations to appear. *WARNING Do not use Cross Cultural Identifier in countries not affiliated with AABC. Apparatus can emit wrong information misleading both the patron and body commoditist. Stop intimate interactions immediately in case of tension due to signals provided by apparatus.

CLIMAX METER Set the reverberator to “Cummence” to begin quantifying the rhythmical patterns of muscular contractions during the sexual response cycle.

SOCIAL DANGER METER If the meter gauges the social tension to be ominous rather than sexual, the AABC Criminal Code permits the Body Commoditist the right to impose “Eminent Domain.� *WARNING Do not post meter in plain site of Patron.

The Patron can deceive the apparatus and produce false negatives by manipulating physiological indices. Patrons may purposely deceive the apparatus in order to take advantage of the Body Commoditist, by issuing a false sense of security.

BRUISE ERASOR Knead affected area thoroughly to mend the hemorrhaged interstitial tissues. *WARNING The eraser is applied to the skin for pain and swelling associated with bruises, aches, and sprains. Do not apply to spots with repeated injury of more than 6* times. Repeated injury on erased spots may increase the chance of permanent damage. The eraser will not heal fractures or wounded nerves. Please contact your doctor or health care provider right away if this applies to you. *Abuse line +1 917 991 3633

PROPHYLAXIS APPLICANT Apply topically to hinder transmission of disease through bodily fluids.

PASSION MIST Spray the olfactory mixture of essential oils and pheromones to increase attraction rates.