The Sex Paradise

Location

Banka, Taipei, Taiwan

TYPE

Thesis Design

DATE of COMPLETION June, 2017

ADVISOR: Lee, Chin-Wei

The sex trade is one of the oldest transactions of human beings, and sex is a basic human right. But not everyone has the ability to find a sexual partner, so an industry that provides sex has emerged.

In 2011, the sex trade zone was legalized, but it was said that "the sex zone is an untrue, hypocritical political design": the central government authorized the local government to require the planning and management of the sex industry, but the local government was worried about public grievances and falling housing prices. As of today in 2018, Taiwan still does not have a regional planning trading zone.

However, the sex industry has not disappeared, but turned underground. In order to evade the police's investigation and hook up with the underworld, the safety of customers and the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases cannot be guaranteed, and sex workers have no protection. All these phenomena made me think, what would it look like if the sex industry zone was successfully established?

Qingshuiyan Patriarch Temple is the first place for sailors to disembark and pray for safety after the Tamsui River ship enters the port. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, there have been prosperous commercial activities around the temple, including the sex trade.

I intend to explore the consciousness of sex as a human instinct that is suppressed and buried underground at the base of Zushimiao when the sex trade is on the edge of morality and law.