
DROPS - Make Visible What Was Meant to Be Wiped Away
by Bobby Hsiung
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Once seen as the essence of the soul, the sacred offering, the source of life, it has also been tamed by gender systems, shaped into a symbol of masculinity, of control, of domination.
Cumshot, blowjob, swallowing, creampie - it is the flow of power and the trace of desire. But when it is no longer hidden, when it is inscribed, worn, displayed, it sheds its shame, escapes control, and disrupts the rigid structures of gender.
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This project was born from a simple, intimate moment: when the liquid of joy spills freely, meant to breed, to coat, to claim. It is the classical reflection of sexual interaction - a material witness to momentary obsession. In this work, I take semen as a totem - to mark desire and pleasure onto the body, to reclaim the erotic, and to make visible what was meant to be wiped away.
In Chinese culture, jewellery has long been worn not only for adornment but as protection - from jade to Buddha beads, objects are charged with symbolic power to ward off misfortune and shield the soul. Semen, regarded in Taoist thought as the most potent form of Yang essence, carries similar sacred force. Transformed into wearable artefacts, the semen is not anymore as waste, but as energy - protective, powerful and radiant.