15.2015The Coming Society
site-specific pop up store, sex joss paper products, live performance
The Chinese believe to honour those who pass away, you need to regularly offer paper-crafted carnal goods to the deceased by burning these duplicates of worldly objects made with paper, as these are supposed to be able to fulfil all their needs. As filial needs can be carnal in nature, to keep the deceased satisfied, I need to figure out a way to fulfil the needs of all these horny ghosts. To do that, I recreated dildos, sex toys, porn sites, and even WiFi service passes with the help of a traditionally trained filial paper craft master. In the performance, only half of the offerings are actually burned. At best, that would only satisfy half of their lust. The status quo is to not challenge anything, no matter how absurd the practice is. I would expect to be liberated from all these taboos created as a means of control, even after I pass away. To unshackle from this never-ending control, I need to exterminate this chain around my neck—virtual or filial.