人類の躍進を探る
リサーチオブジェクト｜Research object
material｜Acrylic resin
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photo｜koeda kobayashi
cooperation｜中川朝子
遠い未来に二人の男女が暮らしていた。彼らはかつての人類と離れた生活を営む。食物、睡眠、性行為、どれを取っても昔の習慣は欠片も残存していない。中でも性行為の変遷は著しく、二人はもはや覆いかぶさることを辞め、性器が交わることもなくなった。性器はもっぱら玩具に包まれ、玩具と呼応するが如く、最適化の渦に飛び込んでいく。
それは人類の進化の究極体系と言っても過言ではない。
永遠の時間が経過する。皮膚は風化し骨は溶け、それでも造形物は在る。その見てくれは私達が予想したものと大きく異なり、しかしながら連続性は保たれている。力の及ばぬはるかなる未来、切り取られた人間の根源の中に。
数万年後の人類の進化を創造するため、私達はリサーチプロジェクトを実行した。人類の命の象徴とも言える「性行為」に焦点を絞り、命を育む営みの変遷に思いを馳せる。もしも人が別の手段で子供を産めるようになったら、空っぽの性行為と性器はどこへ向かうのだろう？
人体の仕組みの大枠が変化しないとするならば、彼らの存在を規定するのは、『性玩具』だと私達は考える。多種多様の形状で性器を満足させるそれは、最も鋭く感じるだろう造形を追い求め、日夜改良されている。
遠い遠い未来、性器は少しずつ変化していく。玩具にとっても最適な形状を目指して。それらの形状はきっと、ほとんど別物になることだろう。
性玩具の精密な最適化は、自然物や建築物等を、あるいは人類の叡智を体現し、性器の進化を助長する。永年経過の後の性器は、きっとこのように風化しながらも、何がしかの意味を持ち続けているはずだ。
Two men and a woman live in the distant future. They live a life far removed from the human race of the past. No trace of the old habits of food, sleep, or sex remains. Sexual activity has undergone a remarkable transition: they no longer cover each other, and their genitals no longer intersect. The sexual organs are now exclusively encased in toys, and as if in response to the toys, they are plunged into a whirlpool of optimization.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is the ultimate system of human evolution.
Eternity passes. Skin wears away, bones dissolve, and yet the object still exists. The appearance is very different from what we expected, yet continuity is maintained. In a future far beyond our control, in a human root from which we have been cut out.
To create the evolution of humanity tens of thousands of years later, we executed a research project. Focusing on the "sexual act," which is a symbol of human life, we pondered the transition of the activity of nurturing life. If people were able to have children by other means, where would the empty sexual act and genitalia go?
If the general framework of how the human body works remains unchanged, we believe that it is the 'sex toy' that defines their existence. They satisfy the sexual organs with a wide variety of shapes, and are being improved day and night in pursuit of the shape that will make them feel the sharpest.
In the distant future, genitalia will change little by little. Aiming for the best shape for toys. Their shapes will probably be almost completely different.
The precise optimization of sex toys will embody natural objects, architecture, etc., or the wisdom of mankind, and will foster the evolution of sexual organs. After many years, the genitalia will surely continue to have some meaning, even though they are weathered in this way.