Christophe Muylaert

Epoxy resin with embedded artificial pubic hair, wooden base with integrated LED lighting, black plinth with inscription “Caress for instant gratification.”

The lighting transforms the encapsulated hair mass into a relic — a bodily trace suspended between sanctity and banality. The resin’s glow both seduces and distances: intimacy becomes sublime, eroticism becomes sterile.
The work reflects on our longing to preserve closeness, to hold on to warmth in a cold world. Yet the touch never arrives. The title refers ironically to the digital and emotional culture of instant satisfaction, where intimacy is reduced to image, object, and memory.