Over at
the local art museum, Aros,
there's a particular piece of art that continues to intrigue me.
Consumer's Guide to Safe Sex
by Thomas Bruun (1988) is actually just a box. It has on its
front a picture of the female intimate parts, cut out from,
presumably, a porn magazine. It carries instructions on how to use
the paper and a round hole cut where the vulva would be, with some
very graphic language at that. Also, in my opinion, rather
objectifying, but I'll get back to that. The hole in the paper fits a
hole in the entire box, thus constructing a sex machine into which
you may insert your penis (be you in the possession of a such). So to
speak. For if curiosity overwhelms you and you look into the hole
meant for the penis, you see – a mouse trap. If you use the
machine: Snap. Ouchy. The machine bites back. A Vagina Dentata.