Age of Love
Does sex have an age limit? Age of Love challenges assumptions about intimacy in later life and asks why sex and ageing can still feel taboo. Watch the film and hear what visitors thought.
Does sex really have an age limit?
Age of Love was an art exhibition that explores sex, relationships and later life through the story of Frank and Joy, a couple continuing to enjoy intimacy as they get older.
The exhibition aims to get people talking about a subject that can still feel taboo. It challenges the stereotype that older people stop being interested in sex and asks why sexuality is so often treated differently once we reach a certain age.
The project grew from 17 years of University of Sheffield research into the sexual health and sexual wellbeing of older adults.
Although the subject is serious, Age of Love uses humour to make the conversation easier to approach. Rather than telling people what to think, it encourages visitors to reflect on their own assumptions about sex and ageing.
In this film, hear reactions to the exhibition and discover why conversations about sex, ageing and sexual wellbeing matter at every stage of life.
Credits
- Research: Professor Sharron Hinchliffe (Professor of Psychology and Health at the University of Sheffield)
- Art: Pete McKee
- Part of Festival of the Mind 2018
