Jingru Mai (Moira)

My Erotic Possession(s) is a series of object sculptural installations in glass, ceramics and fabric, supplemented by silicone, metal and vibrators. Many female art practitioners in the Chinese context, are initially troubled by the contradiction between social and moral standards. As the birthplace of the Confucian cultural centre, China's traditional view of marriage has always been based on the perpetuation of the male gene, while women's identity in the family and clan exists in a more subordinate manner. The notion of love based on heterosexuality and reproduction is widely spread throughout the society and taken for granted. This leads to many other relationships being invisible. In terms of knowledge of physical hygiene, at an age when boys of the same age are expected to watch pornography by default, any mention of such topics is met with slut-shaming - as if it is a man's duty to know about sex and access to pornography, while women are nurtured and immersed in the pursuit of love and romance. The body, pornography, and sex should not be something that girls with moral standards know about. This artwork is determined to reject this tiresome moral code and create an condition that is considered improper, immoral, and unsuitable for formal recognition within traditional Chinese values: Women take charge of the sexual scene and their own bodies.