Make Me High
and More
Participant's side
Participant's side
Artist's side
The document/objects/supplies for this project
2007 Apr.- 2008 Dec.
I build a big white wooden box, which is divided into two sections by cloth, one is covered by curtain, and the other part is semi-open. The vibrator is put in between two sections- the switch is arranged in the semi-opened side ; the electric wire goes through under the cloth and the vibrator is situated in the side covered by the curtain . I stay inside of the curtain section and put the vibrator on my clitoris. Participants / audiences are allowed to enter into the opposite section (being half covered) , turn on the switch, and control frequency or intensity of the vibrator. Sometimes I make some noise when I am turned on in the process. During the performance, mostly I stayed inside of the box so participants cannot see me. Even the participants enter into the semi-opened space, controlling the switch and its speed, they still could not see me.
During the days of hiding in the box, I had experienced that what it exactly means by ‘Sex as a labor work’, being a sex worker could never be a simple way to make life. I also experienced the stigma for the sexual workers while I had to throw a "fake show" to my parents to prove I was "doing something serious about art" but not letting people play vibrator on me.
This project had presented in various spots, including museum, a hallway of an office building, space under stair in an experimental theater, and previous brothel.