Kissing Mary

           

        Pâte de verre
        2020.01

        4x0.1x6 in

        Mary, a manikin used for teaching high school students            how to perform CPR. She,took away my first kiss.

        I created Mary by the technique of pâte de verre.                  Scrolling my face on the spicky surface, it brought back          the experice of kissing an object and being kissed as an          object.

 

Workshop of Kissing Mary/

The workshop was conducted by introducing the method of pâte de verre and Sheer Glyde Dam, a specially designed product serve as a barrier during oral sex.
By kissing an object, participants experienced the sensation and conflict in this intimate relationship. This work lead the participants to appretiate the act of sexual consent.