>In addition to a screening of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, opening night revelry for this year’s Fantastic Fest included the first annual Air Sex World Championship. Kinda like air guitar, but pretty much not, as seen in this video via Spout, the competition featured live performers simulating sex, vying for the prize of a trip to Nevada and a gift certificate for some type of bunny ranch or another.
While air sex has been a regular installation at the festival’s hosting venue in Austin, the activity can be traced back to Japan, the home of blurred depictions of pubic hair and other perversities. There, as seen in this clip from the television series Japanorama, the original version sports one critical distinction from its American imitators– performers seemingly devoid of any actual sexual experience whatsoever: