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The Gasping

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Thais, whose name comes from a famous prostitute of St. Thais by French writer Anatole France. The storyline follows an ascetic hermit monk, Paphnutius, who could not hold his temptation and was enchanted by the beauty of Thais. He fell in love with her sensuality and was convinced that her beauty was a revelation and mission from God to help her free from promiscuity and a sinful existence. However, by the time he reached her after hearing her dying, Thais had repented and turned into a saint, but the monk’s own lustful desire for her casted him into purgatory.
Thais, whose name comes from a famous prostitute of St. Thais by French writer Anatole France. The storyline follows an ascetic hermit monk, Paphnutius, who could not hold his temptation and was enchanted by the beauty of Thais. He fell in love with her sensuality and was convinced that her beauty was a revelation and mission from God to help her free from promiscuity and a sinful existence. However, by the time he reached her after hearing her dying, Thais had repented and turned into a saint, but the monk’s own lustful desire for her casted him into purgatory.

藉著在充氣娃娃身上施魅的過程,情慾偶像、宗教崇拜和消費形像三者將疆界的流動,進而對加諸在慾望的諸多道德符號以及商品拜物進行除魅,表達定義慾望的標準乃後天加諸的人工產品,恰如矽膠娃娃一般的不真實。