Sayaka Motani

 

 

 

About Seduced

 

 

           title : Hairy Pear/Banana/Avocado

       format : installation

       media : sculpture

 

 

 

I find fruit very sexual. I am fascinated how the sexual features found on the fruit make it human-like.

 

 

SKIN

 

Functions of the skin include; the screen between the inside and the outside of an individual, and a mask designed by the signifier. It also acts as an envelope of the whole body separating and protecting and individual from the surroundings and at the same time, representing that person. By applying the silicon skin (artificial human skin) onto the non-human objects, I create monsters.

 

 

 

MONSTROSITY

 

The property that lies between the human and the non-human, as far as I am concerned, is monstrosity. I am fascinated by both the cause and effect of monstrous objects. The monstrous property acts as boundary phenomena not only between the human and the non-human but also between the viewable and non-viewable, between socially acceptable and abject bodies. Objects with such characteristics do not offer a distinctive image or meaning since they consist of essences of the two opposites. By creating such effects, I aim to cause feelings of uncertainty in the viewers. The audience may feel disgust, uncomfortable, or awkward. However, this could attract them drawing them into the world of wonder.

 

 

 

 

About The Artist

 

As an artist, I aim to create an effect where the audience is left in the imaginary territory, which is in other words the dream. By reflecting the human property onto that of the non-human, perhaps the nature of perception could be changed into where the reality – the world we are aware of, and the dream interact with each other.