Virtual tours of the Institute and recent KI gallery exhibits, as well as video coverage of seminars. Mouse-over selections to view titles.
Kinsey Institute 2012 Juried Art Show
(10:47 mins; mp4 video)
Artists and artworks from the 2012 Kinsey Juried Art Show, curated by
Louise Lippincott, Curator of Fine Arts at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Betsy Stirratt,
Director of the Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University, and Catherine Johnson-Roehr,
Curator of Art, Artifacts and Photographs at The Kinsey Institute.
The Kinsey Institute film archive includes the historical stag film collection, educational films from the 1970s and 1980s, the Swedish erotica collection, the Kinsey Institute's Animal Behavior collection, as well as archival footage of Dr. Kinsey, and a variety of 35mm films. You can read more about the film archives here »
Several films from the Kinsey Institute Film Archive are also housed and available to view on subscription-based SexSmart Films. The Kinsey Institute receives a portion of your subscription fee.
Kinsey Institute Presents. . . Conversations with Sex Researchers
(10:17 mins; mp4 video)
Kinsey Institute senior scientist Erick Janssen talks to Kristin Mark about her research on fidelity in relationships. Video by Siyabonga Africa.
(9:09 mins; mp4 video)
Artists and artworks from the 2011 Kinsey Juried Art Show, curated by Betsy Stirratt,
Director of School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University, Garry Milius,
Associate Curator at The Kinsey Institute, and Christopher Bedford,
Chief Curator of the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University.
(59:11 mins in three parts)
What drives men to choose to be castrated? Dr. Richard Wassersug presents research on voluntary eunuchs, that is, males who desire to be emasculated yet do not wish to be female. He discusses what motivates these men (why, how, and where they get castrated), and the consequences of their castration on personality and social relations.
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(1:18:36 mins)
Dr. Curt Bergstrand discusses the paradigms of monogamy, including sexual, emotional and practical monogamy. He is the author of Swinging in America: Love, Sex, and Marriage in the 21st Century, and is a Professor of Sociology at Bellarmine University in Kentucky.
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(1:01:06 mins)
David Teplica (MD, MFA) presents an overview of the twin studies and some case studies from his plastic surgical practice that have helped formulate his speculations about the in-born and multi-dimensional nature of human sexuality.
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(8:31 mins)
Opening night at the 5th Annual Juried Art Show! Featuring interviews with some of the artists and their models, and public reaction to the artworks. Video produced by Erin Gupte. The video may take a moment to load.
(4:44 mins)
A virtual tour of summer exhibition of 18th-20th century European art, donated by one collector. This exhibit is showing until Septembe 3rd, 2010, in The Kinsey Gallery. Video produced by Victor Jideonwo
(5:13 mins; QuickTime movie)
Kinsey Intern Raina Polivka presents a quick look at the 2009 Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show installation at the SoFA Gallery, followed by interviews with several of the exhibiting artists about their work, and the variety of art forms represented in the Juried Art Show.
(2:02 mins; mp4 video)
A quick peek at a selection of home-made sex toys featured in the Kinsey Gallery show Private Eyes: Amateur Works from The Kinsey Institute Collection. The exhibit was presented at the Kinsey Gallery January - April, 2010. Video by Erin Robinson.
(90:26 mins; Flash)
A chat with Dr. Paul Gebhard, former Kinsey Institute director and colleague of Alfred Kinsey, and Dr. Elizabeth Mooney, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at IU South Bend and former Kinsey Institute research associate. Gebhard and Mooney discuss their time at the Institute during and after the Alfred Kinsey era. Video production courtesy of Sex Smart Films.
(51:33 mins; Flash)
A lecture by Dr. Ira Reiss on September 12, 1991 in Houston, Texas. Dr. Reiss was invited to speak by the Sociology Department of Rice University and by the Planned Parenthood Chapter of Houston. The lecture is based upon the book Reiss published in 1990. The audience was several hundred people and consisted of students, faculty, health professionals and townspeople.
(13:11 mins; Flash)
A series of speakers at a memorial for sexology pioneer Dr. Harry Benjamin, including several eminent sex researchers, medical practitioners, and previous patients of Dr. Benjamin, among them Christine Jorgensen, the first male-to-female transexual patient. The speakers discuss Dr. Benjamin's many contributions to sex research and treatment for sexual dysfunctions, including sex reassignment surgery and the invention of the sex surrogate in clinical practice. Video courtesy of Sex Smart Films.
(2 mins; plays in web browser).
Selection from filmmaker Gustav Deutsch's FILM IST. a girl & a gun (2009).
This film uses existing archival footage, including films from The Kinsey Institute, to create an original montage.
This excerpt is from the "Eros" chapter of the film.
KI Director Dr. Heiman appeared on the Charlie Rose TV (PBS) show in November 2007 as a panel member for an episode on Human Sexuality in a series on science. The episode can be viewed online or downloaded.
Dr. Jenny Higgins spoke at the Institute in February 2009 on the topic of women's sexual pleasure as a factor in decision-making about contraceptives. (There may be a slight delay while the video loads.)
Sponsored in October 2006 by the Institute for Advanced Study, Justice Kirby's lecture addressed "Alfred Kinsey and His Continuing Impact on the Human Rights of Sexual Minorities."
(2 mins; plays in web browser)
Dr. Heather Rupp of The Kinsey Institute and Dr. Thomas James of Indiana University appeared in a news story on WKRG (Mobile, Alabama) in February 2009 to explain findings from their research on hw hormones may influence mate choice in heterosexual women.
Note: on slower internet connections, you may experience less delay by viewing video directly on WKRG website.
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