THE FOODIZATION OF SEX2023-2024
This project is about a cultural phenomenon of the foodization of sex in Chinese sex education. The definition of ’ foodization ‘ is comparing something to food. In Chinese sex education, people not only compare sexual organs to food, but they also teach their kids to call their sexual organs by the names of food, which food usually looks like sexual organs. When it comes to its impact on me, I began to think about sex when I was eating food and my preferences in food which some food usually looked like or compared to women’s sexual organs. Meanwhile, sex education in China also preaches that people can only be interested in the opposite sex. So I began to hide this secret of my ‘abnormality’ and desires for women and release them when I was eating.
In this project, I combine the breasts and vulvas with food, to make some edible sculptures to recur the food in my vision. I want to liberate my sexuality by food and talk about the identity of being a Chinese lesbian. In the performance, I first dressed like a straight girl to eat the food sculptures gently, and gradually I ate them erotically while removing the ‘straight’ things from me.
This project is about a cultural phenomenon of the foodization of sex in Chinese sex education. The definition of ’ foodization ‘ is comparing something to food. In Chinese sex education, people not only compare sexual organs to food, but they also teach their kids to call their sexual organs by the names of food, which food usually looks like sexual organs. When it comes to its impact on me, I began to think about sex when I was eating food and my preferences in food which some food usually looked like or compared to women’s sexual organs. Meanwhile, sex education in China also preaches that people can only be interested in the opposite sex. So I began to hide this secret of my ‘abnormality’ and desires for women and release them when I was eating.
In this project, I combine the breasts and vulvas with food, to make some edible sculptures to recur the food in my vision. I want to liberate my sexuality by food and talk about the identity of being a Chinese lesbian. In the performance, I first dressed like a straight girl to eat the food sculptures gently, and gradually I ate them erotically while removing the ‘straight’ things from me.
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