Aichi Triennale 2019

After graduating from technical college, Matsuo went to work for a television production company, but it went bankrupt in one year. After scraping by with part-time jobs, he was invited in 1987 to join V&R Planning, and in 1988 he debuted as an adult video director. He drew attention with an innovative approach in which he was director, cameraman, and performer, and incorporated autobiographical fiction-style captions and rock music. Company Matsuo documents the paradoxical state of many people, who "want as animals, but love as humans." Human nature can never be reduced to one single, clearly explicable state. Matsuo's stance of baring himself completely and approaching his subject matter, while experiencing first-hand both deep-rooted, enduring prejudice and values that change depending on the era and region, is consistent in both his pornographic films and other works such as music videos and documentaries. He is an artist essential for examining aspects of Asian sexuality that clearly differ from the West.