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A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

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Hookspotting (continuing the IP violations meme)

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Shannon Larratt

As part of “BME week” (or whatever) that surrounds BMEfest at the end of June and start of July are a variety of events, including the Suspension School organized by Philip Barbosa (visit his IAM page for more detailse). The instructors are some of the best — the course is lead by Allen Falkner (suspension.org/TSD) and with backup from Emrys Yetz, Jill Allen, Jon Pett and Jason Shaw.

Anyway, people quite liked the event shirt that Phil designed, so we’ve put it up in BMEshop as a fundraiser as well. You can click through to get it… And the portrait of Robert Carlyle from Trainspotting was done by John Tilt of Body Art Studios in Stafford, UK.

Click through to get the shirt:

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Comments

16 responses to “Hookspotting (continuing the IP violations meme)”

  1. Manada Avatar
    Manada

    Yay! Wicked awesome shirt – and a good event to support 🙂

  2. Bastian Avatar
    Bastian

    I saw this on Jared’s page a while back and really liked it. Thanks for making it available for anyone – I instantly ordered one!

  3. Nikki Avatar
    Nikki

    that’s great. they have posters with all different choose things, like choose college, choose weed, etc, and this makes it even betterr.

  4. katie Avatar
    katie

    ahahaha i LOVE this

  5. liz Avatar
    liz

    i friggin love that movie

  6. Stacey Avatar
    Stacey

    Holy fuck, both t-shirt and tattoo are awesome!

  7. Marshall Avatar
    Marshall

    The tattoo is awesome. Every time I see that movie, all I can think about is how I’ve known guys like that, and how totally annoying they are. It grates on me the whole time.

  8. cas Avatar
    cas

    awesome idea for the shirt.!
    and offcourse wicked ink.

  9. Magician Avatar
    Magician

    Great T-Shirt – But much better in BLACK !!!

  10. starless_dark Avatar
    starless_dark

    Love the shirt, I’d feel like a fraud if I got one right now because I haven’t suspended yet :(.

  11. Bastian Avatar
    Bastian

    @magician: Black? No way. First, the original is white. Second, this shirt would only be complete with some visible bloody post-suspension patches from the hook wounds – and that doesn’t work with black!

  12. Micah Avatar
    Micah

    amen

  13. Toast Avatar
    Toast

    Awesome shirt… is it too childish that I want a more explicit version? It seems to lose a little of the spirit of the original without all the fucks!

  14. lusid Avatar
    lusid

    ooh, i want one! would the youth large fit a girl? I don’t like the way girly shirts are cut (too short in the torso, annoying cap sleeves) but boys shirts are generally too big…

  15. JenO33 Avatar
    JenO33

    I was wondering if the BME fest tshirt of this year was still on sell… I can’t find it anymore and I’m thinking either I’m dumb (very possible) or it might be out… :/

  16. calexsy Avatar
    calexsy

    Wow. Much love for the shirt!!

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