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Aku Meriläinen (they/them) is a media artist who develops practices beyond the normative expectations in works that integrate digital technologies and performing arts. In their doctoral research project, Crip Sex Worker (Nakurampa in Finnish), they have started to do online sex work as a person living with multiple sclerosis (MS). The project aims to challenge the dominant male gaze in porn from a queer and anti-ableist perspective, and explore feminist, more ethical porn and the concept of porno-art, all while diversifying how disability and sexuality are perceived. Aku did their BA in Audiovisual Mediaculture at University of Lapland and MA in scenography at Aalto University.