Delayed Youth
Delayed Youth is set in the year 2050, Taiwan. In this futuristic world, conservative groups have successfully taken hold of political resources through referendums and by taking an aggressive stand in political participation, and are instigating the Ministry of Health and Welfare to change policies on gender and sexuality. By collaborating with the Endocrinology Department and pediatricians, these groups use medication for sexual precocity to control sexual maturity among adolescents. The government works alongside local hospitals to distribute medicine on a regular basis so that parents can give the medication to children who have not yet reached puberty.
By applying medical technology, the government is able to postpone the puberty of all adolescents in the nation. Children only reach sexual maturity at the age of eighteen; in other words, this treatment allows the stages of sexual maturity to synchronize with the lawful age of sexual intercourse. This means that no adolescent will have secondary sexual characteristics before reaching high school, reducing sexual desire brought forth by hormones during the student years, therefore lowering the likelihood of sex-related problems. This project presents a series of dystopian scenarios to construct a fabricated world of extremes, inspiring the masses to contemplate on the individuality of adolescents and the issue of sex.
By applying medical technology, the government is able to postpone the puberty of all adolescents in the nation. Children only reach sexual maturity at the age of eighteen; in other words, this treatment allows the stages of sexual maturity to synchronize with the lawful age of sexual intercourse. This means that no adolescent will have secondary sexual characteristics before reaching high school, reducing sexual desire brought forth by hormones during the student years, therefore lowering the likelihood of sex-related problems. This project presents a series of dystopian scenarios to construct a fabricated world of extremes, inspiring the masses to contemplate on the individuality of adolescents and the issue of sex.
Credits:
Consultancy of medicine: Dr. Tzu-Hung Chu
Consultancy of Concept: Kuan-Ting Wang
Medical device design: Hsin Min Chan
Visual and website design: Tzu-Yen Chen
Video director, filming and editing: Jian Da Huang
Filming assistant: Yu Chun Lo
Lighting: Yu-Hui Chang
Make-up: Ping Hsuan Lu
Hair stylist: Fran Lin
Models: Yun Ting Chou, Yen-Kai Wang, Hsiang-Yun Huang, Lei Chi Lin and her son
Uniform design and stylist: tienchiawei78811@gmail.com
Supported by “2019 CREATORS” program from Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-Lab) and Creative Industries Fund NL
Consultancy of medicine: Dr. Tzu-Hung Chu
Consultancy of Concept: Kuan-Ting Wang
Medical device design: Hsin Min Chan
Visual and website design: Tzu-Yen Chen
Video director, filming and editing: Jian Da Huang
Filming assistant: Yu Chun Lo
Lighting: Yu-Hui Chang
Make-up: Ping Hsuan Lu
Hair stylist: Fran Lin
Models: Yun Ting Chou, Yen-Kai Wang, Hsiang-Yun Huang, Lei Chi Lin and her son
Uniform design and stylist: tienchiawei78811@gmail.com
Supported by “2019 CREATORS” program from Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-Lab) and Creative Industries Fund NL