My Wonderful Whorehouse

MY WONDERFUL WHOREHOUSE
At the MuHKA
Leuvenstraat, 32 - 2000 Antwerpen
27/11/2025 - 18H50-22H30
FREE ENTRANCE - NO RESERVATION
Performances, screenings, talks

At the invitation of M HKA, UTSOPI is offering a thematic focus on sex work venues and their impact on the working body. Panel discussions, short films, and performances by sex workers themselves will provide a better understanding of a sector that is more heterogeneous than it appears. In collaboration with the SNAP! festival.

Program:
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18H50 Screening / Sex work Shorts (50min)

A program to dive into three perspectives of sex work:
- HOUSE OF WHORESHIP / Holly Bates / Australia / 2023 / 15’;
- IRRESISTIBLE / Barbora Kleinhamplová & Miss Velvet / Mexico / 2021 / 20’;
- PRIVATE CHAT / Joe Bowden / Canada / 2020 / 12’.

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20H Round-table / Bodies at work: exploring sex work spaces (1H)

What ideal brothel do sex workers dream of? Where does sex work take place in Belgium? What is the difference between working in a window, a massage parlor, a love hostel at home or anywhere else?
In this round-table, UTSOPI, Boysproject and sex workers will discuss issues and perspectives about sex work splaces in Belgium.

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21H15 Performances / Olga Kalachnikova, Marianne Chargois, Butchibou, Javal Lacroix (50min)

Four sex workers open their intimacy, feelings and working stories mixing humour, vulnerability and a bit of kinky philosophy.

Full program: https://www.muhka.be/en/activities/my-wonderful-whorehouse/