Pieano, 2021
Pigmented silicone masturbator sleeve, human hair, plexiglass shoe box
9 x 28 x 11 cm, Ed. 10 + 2 AP
Exploring the polygamist fantasies of his homosexual mind, Romeo, a cis - white gay man, creates this fetish-frankestein made from a life cast of his boyfriend’s anus, hairs and foot, to market and critique the toxic contributions of white gays to the LGBT+ community. Historically white gays have distracted or held back the good progress of trans, lesbian or racialized gay representation to satisfy their own agendas that are far more compatible with conservative hetersexual society. By alluding to foot fetish the Pieano, hopes to stick the foot to the heteronorma within the phallocentric gay-whitexican community obsessed with big penises, to curb macho thoughts that are adopted from the straight lifestyle, but do not translate well to a diverse community with different needs, this masturbator sleeve can be penetrated and fucked, or fingered and fucked to satisfy tops and bottoms alike.