In this exhibition, Ning Wen's multiple identities as a sex photographer, AV director, and artist have published two works: the "Sex Photographer Series" and "Amateur AV Interview Series."
The "Sex Photographer Series" collects the different types of desires, from "good sex" to "bad sex," in Gayle S. Rubin's sexual hierarchy. While observing intimate relationships and stories through images, he captured "sex" photos after climax was reached.
The "Amateur AV Interview Series" reveals the collective subconscious of different generations, regions, and cultures by replacing the viewer's consumer/producer identity. This project has to be carried out over three years, where issues range from the "individual body" to the "social collective." It depicts diverse topics such as misogyny caused by childhood sexual assault, confessions of sex workers and consumers, traditional domestic birth-giving machines, depression and BDSM, taboo relationships in school, two-dimensional sex in a virtual world, cross-border sexual differences, erotic flow during demonstrations in Hong Kong, depression after marriage equality in Taiwan…and so on. In addition to interviews, the artist uses fictional AV and experimental practice to break through the existing identity framework and constructs a fantasy that transcends taboos.
Ning Wen uses AV as the vessel of art performance, attempting to turn the stigmatised object of erotica into a supernatural force to tease inherent sexual class, power relations, and cultural taboos. This exhibition combines offline and online platforms and transforms the exhibition venue into a film studio, opening up the inner/outer space of the image and inviting viewers to participate in his AV creation. This exhibition does not discuss porn/erotica but instead looks back at life through those eyes.