Design A Vagina
Volunteer vagina models needed
NEWSFLASH!! The first completed quarter of this sculpture is now on show at the IMPURE ART gallery in Brighton, UK.
UPDATED 13/8/08 - For my latest major erotic sculpture I need volunteers to have a cast made from their vagina. Design A Vagina is the third in a series exploring our relationship with our genitals. So far I have completed the first panel of 40 casts, arranged in a grid. The final piece will have 4 panels of 40 casts. I have taken moulds now from around 120 women but I still need another 40 volunteers. The process uses safe, non toxic materials. It's fast and fun, so come on down and be a 1/160th of history in the making
"Why am I doing it and what's it all about?" I hear you ask. Well, vaginas are as different as a faces and most people don't seem to know that. Men tend to have seen more vaginas than women, who have often only seen their own and many have never looked that closely. Hence the exposure of so many, showing the variety of shapes is endlessly fascinating, empowering and comforting. For many women their vagina is a source of shame rather than pride and this piece seeks to redress the balance, showing that everyone is different, everyone is normal, and everyone is beautiful.
The title is a play on words, commenting on the trend for surgery to create the 'perfect' vagina. This modern equivalent of FGM is a bizarre practice which suggests that one is better than another. Taste in nothing is universal and any desire for 'homogyny' could be very misguided. 160 casts arranged in this manner is in no way pornographic, as it might have been if photographs had been used. One is able to stare without shame but in wonder and amazement at this exposé of human variety. For the fist time for many women they will be able to see their own genitals in relation of other women's. In doing so they may dispel many misconceptions they may have been carrying about what women look like 'down there'. The sculpture is serene and intricate and it works on many levels. The piece is ongoing and growing and I intend to have the 160 casts completed in time for a European tour starting in September 2008. Already included are a male to female sex change, a female to male, and a virgin. Ages so far range from 18 to 61. I wish to include as many possibilities as I can and am actively seeking an FGM victim who would like to be included as well as women who use their vaginas to earn money etc.
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