EROTIC BIOTECH
sx-BODYSUIT
Espacio Open (Artistic Residence in Bilbao) October 2022
Sx-bodysuit is made out of biosilicon and sexual fluids.
The objective of sx-bodysuit is the creation of a cyborg skin that can personalise our bodies for personal sexual aesthetics and erotic bliss.
Responding to stimuli, tactile information, with vibrations, heaters and other non-communicative technologies.
Multisensory prothesismore empowering, more queer and sustainable, that can enhance biology and merge with technology.Seaweed extraction, eggshells and body fluids are used to grow biolatex pattern, organic colours, aphrodisiac essential oil to create more SELF intimacy
sx-POIESIS
Exploring what lies behind the pleasure principle, that pleasure confined to the norms of heterosexuality and patriarchal systems, it creates new dialogues to dismantle taboos by re-coding them as resources, thus pushing body boundaries and self knowledge.
Sx-poiesis comes from the term self-poiesis ( 'self' + 'creation, production') which refers to a system capable of producing and maintaining itself by creating its own parts; of resisting established norms and structures; of de-instituting the classifications through which identities are institutionalized and naturalized. (Athanasiou and Butler)
Through the construction of a do-it-yourself sensibility, open source biotechnology and body biohacking; erotic artifacts, sexual prostheses and a bodyfluid-based biomateriality are created.
How technology can help us to explore and reclaim our sexual liberation and gender equality?
TABOOS & NATURAL CYCLES
The first artefact of SXPoesis itis created around the theme of taboo and the natural cycle.
Menstrual blood remains a subject burdened with shame and stigma, despite being the source of life and a fundamental element in reclaiming female self-governance. The path of menstrual awareness is still one many choose to avoid, due largely to the absence of menstrual blood in our imagination, language, and cultural narratives.
Menstrual blood is rich in regenerative stem cells, meaning that discarding it every cycle represents a loss of resources that nature provides. In some indigenous tribes, menstrual blood has historically been used for wound healing, fertilizing the earth, beauty treatments, and other regenerative and nutritional purposes—practices that highlight its potential beyond cultural taboos.
To challenge and dismantle this taboo, crystals are grown from menstrual fluids, using distilled water and borax or alum. Through this process of crystallization, I create my own taboo-based crystals, transforming a natural bodily fluid into an artefact of aesthetic and conceptual significance.
The wearable, incorporating bodily fluids “from the outside,” acts as a provocative challenge to culturally conditioned aversions to fluids and bodily boundaries. These elements are then re-shaped and re-conceptualized into a piece of erotic lingerie, forming part of a performative act.
The lingerie is constructed using shibari knots, a technique originating from Hojo-jutsu, a method historically used to restrain captives and a form of torture, which later evolved into the erotic bondage practice of Kinbaku. The garment is immersed in the blood-based solution for days or weeks, allowing crystals to grow both on the textile and on the embedded LEDs.
This taboo artefact/lingerie is connected to a sound sensor, allowing it to become part of a musical performance. At the same time, it can be worn in everyday life—even during mundane acts such as eating spaghetti—claiming liberation from pre-established cultural norms and everyday patterns.
HOW WOULD YOU WEAR IT?
SX-ARTEFACTS.2_BIOMATERIALITY & SEXUAL PROSTHESIS
The second artefact is created around the topic of biomateriality and sexual prosthesis. Aims the production of forms of pleasure–knowing alternatives to modern sexuality.
“The counter-sexual practices must be understood as technologies of resistance, in other words, as forms of counter-sexual discipline (manifesto contrasexual. Precioso)”
The dildo is the first indicator of the sexual plasticity of the body and of the possible prosthetic modification of its contour, it challenges the roles of penetrated and penetrating. the roles of man and woman within the traditional sexual relationship also disappear: even a woman can penetrate, even a man can be penetrated.
The choice of the creation of the dildo in a new biomateriality is strictly connected with the exploration of the naturalness of one's body and its environment, allowing to investigate one's own sexuality, beyond pleasure, desires and fantasies without limitations or judgments. DIY artifact and self-esteem are intimately intertwined
SX-ARTEFACTS.3_BIOHACK ORGASM
The third artefact is created around the topic of biohacking orgasm.
Exploring our own sexuality and power and give voice to our experience.
It is the communication channel of the cyborg, the radio waves, feminist waves, reverbarate in shared discursive space.
The data generated by Biosensors inputs embedded on the dildo artefact,capable of capturing vaginal contractions, heart rate, temperature and humidity, are sent by microcontroller to a computer/telephone and convert into music/voices.
The interactive music can enhance erotic feelings and sexual arousal in the way of biofeedback, then converted as well into output vibration sensors situated in erogenous body zones.
Reich's medical and scientific work revealed the existence of a radiating biological energy, the orgone energy.
Reich investigates the importance of sexuality for human life and its relevance in understanding society's problems.
