Wish Me Well (2026)
We recently participated in Wish Me Well, a sculpture created by Dutch artist Lara Schnitger. She invited ten Amsterdam-based feminist organisations to create flags and slogans which are incorporated into her 7-meter installation at the NDSM wharf. The work is inspired by women's monuments, street protests, and a wishing well in Los Angeles' Chinatown. It serves as a symbolic meeting place for feminist groups and the public, and invites reflection, participation, and collective action.
Photos by LNDW Studio and Maarten Nauw
A Night of Lust (2026)
The historic Nassaukerk was transformed into a steamy theatre for A Night Of Lust by
ERIKALUST x
The Queer Agenda. The Pleasure Society hosted the event and moderated a Q&A session between Erika Lust, Gianna Mazzeo, and performer Tyga Dares on the topics of queer representation and erotic cinema. Read more
here.
Photos by Leroy
Milkshake (2024)
The Pleasure Society was invited by Milkshake Festival to create an intimate, sexy space for visitors to step in and explore their sexuality. We offered a curated selection of erotic films by Blue Artichoke Films and Schmutz Cinema, as well as a Penis and Yoni Massage workshop by feminist sex shop Mail & Female. The Vulva Gallery showcased illustrations featuring a diversity of genitalia. Company New Heroes presented their erotic fantasy project Yes, Please! and Organic Cyborg hosted an anal gym workshop. The list goes on…
Photos by Prins de Vos
Schaamteloos (2024)
In 2024, the Pleasure Society launched the
Schaamteloos campaign in collaboration with
The Oh Collective,
The Social Code and
The Vulva Gallery to tackle something most people don’t even think twice about: the words we use for our own bodies. Why are we still calling them schaamlippen aka “shame lips”? Inspired by the legacy of Ellen Laan, this campaign is about ditching shame and rewriting the narrative by pushing for "vulvalippen" — a term that’s accurate, confident, and proudly unapologetic.
Cheex (2022)
The Pleasure Society and CHEEX invited writers between the ages of of 40-70 to share their experiences, thoughts and feelings about the connection between their sexuality and age (or how it doesn’t exist at all).
Come Alive (2022)
As part of the
Niet Normaal Foundation's large-scale erotic art exhibition
COME ALIVE, hosted at the Nieuwe Muntgebouw in Utrecht, the Pleasure Society and Underbelly co-curated a concept called the CLITSHOP. This was a reimagined museum gift shop filled with products, books, and experiences inspired by eroticism, sexiness, and art.
Huis Willet-Holthuysen (Forthcoming)
As part of World Pride Amsterdam, the Pleasure Society is curating a one-night programme at the Amsterdam Museum's Huis Willet-Holthuysen. This event is a celebration of queer pleasure as visibility, care and activism, exploring and reimagining Amsterdam's queer histories in relation to contemporary experiences through workshops, performances, sound and conversations.
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