Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have demanded explanations regarding Creative Scotland's decision to award nearly £85,000 of taxpayers' money to a controversial sex project. The public arts body has withdrawn the funding and will seek reimbursement. MSPs on the Culture Committee have written to Creative Scotland's CEO to inquire about the decision-making process and requested to see the original funding application. The project, called Rein, involved recruiting actors for explicit sex scenes and received £84,555 from the National Lottery Open Fund. The project's website described it as a 45-minute art installation that paid participants £270 per day for engaging in 'non-simulated' sex, including 'hardcore' acts.
MSPs have demanded answers over Creative Scotland ’s decision to award almost £85,000 of taxpayers' cash to a 'hardcore' sex project . The public arts body has since withdrawn the public funding and will seek reimbursement for the Rein project - which was recruiting actors to participate in explicit sex scenes . MSPs on Holyrood's Culture Committee have written to Creative Scotland bosses to ask how the decision was made.
In a letter to chief executive Iain Munro, the committee have demanded to see the original funding application. In January, the project received £84,555 through the National Lottery Open Fund. The projects website describes it as a 45-minute art installation which pays those who take part a fee of £270 per day to take part in 'non-simulated' sex, including 'hardcore' acts. The recruitment advert states actors must be over the age of 18, with those with previous sex work experience – 'particularly in porn contexts' – encouraged to appl
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