Sofiya Loriashvili
Sub #04 - Only You and Me
Fisheye Éditions, Paris — 2025
Through a photographic body of work combining screenshots and (self-)portraits, Sofiya Loriashvili examines our human and empathetic relationship with the artificial figure of love dolls—plastic companions created for pleasure.
This series was developed during Sofiya’s studies at the Gobelins school in Paris. It explores the future of romantic relationships and the role that robotics might come to play within them. Through her research, she became particularly interested in love dolls: humanoid figures made of TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) that occupy a central place in the lives of dollers, the owners of these dolls. By placing herself alongside them in her photographs, she blurs the boundaries between the human and the artificial, prompting us to reflect on our own relationship with these substitute figures.
The series is accompanied by texts written by Sofiya Loriashvili and Lucas Granger, a journalist at Canal+ and a contributor to the Journal du Hard and Canal+ Love.
