Sorry I didn’t post earlier - I’ve been at screenings for the NY Film Festival since I’ve been home, and haven’t gotten home before midnight .

I’ve been very fortunate to attend four (count’ em) very different conferences this year, related to blogging or sex. (Blogher, Dark Odyssey Spring Fir, Dark Odyssey Summer Camp, & Arse Elektronika). But this was the first time I’d attended a conference in a dungeon. This was 2 1/2 days of philosophical and cultural discourse, some wild demonstrations, and practical knowledge about digital porn, and its cultural implications. There were 10 and 12 hour days of sessions. I’m still digesting everything that was said. I also have a big link list of all the presenters I could find. I met many incredible people. I introduced my good friends Susan Mernit and Violet Blue to each other. I saw a thoughtful documentary about sex and robots. Violet used one of my pics on her posts. And having presenters like Tina Lorenz or Kyle Machulis say to me, “are you the Viviane?” is pretty great for the ego.

We needed name tags with affiliations. And longer breaks, for the schmoozing. And comfier chairs. But it was a really cool event. I’m glad I went, even though there were so many things going on at home at I had to miss.

My profuse thanks to the organizers, presenters and volunteers who made it happen. Now, how can we make this happen in NY?

• Monochrom’s blog (conference organizers) have a complete roundup of AE posts and stuff.
• Autumn Tyr-Salvia of Vagina Pagina liveblogged it on her Livejournal.
• Her partner Fox Magrathea has a huge Flickr photoset, and also set up the Arse Elektronika Flickr photo pool.
• V. Vale has a very complete writeup.

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