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A Perfect Fake -
Directed by Marc de Guerre -
State Theatre, Wed 22 June, 5.00pm.
The future is engulfing us. The
pursuit for ultimate control and manufactured perfection is increasing
at an expediential rate, and no more intently than in the realm of
pornography. 3D computer-generated erotica, that is. And where else
would the pioneers be located but the silicon heart of Japan. This
is the creepy mutation of men’s desire,
leading one to wonder where society’s demand for pseudo-intimacy is
heading. This hour long doco uses the myth of Pygmalion – the man who
despised real women, and instead became enamored with his perfect ivory
sculpture – as
a starting point to discuss the development of digital technologies,
future sex toys, and virtual porn, in relation to the insidious spread
of automation and human to human dislocation. It’s darkly fascinating
and perversely compelling. One almost wonders if one is actually watching
real life, or whether one is tuned in to some strange and unsettling
cable channel mockumentary. Some of it has to be seen to be believed!
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