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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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For Rachel

Written by

Sean Philips

Poor Rachel has been working so diligently on the new BMEzine.com site she hasn’t had any spare moments to dig through pictures submitted from her beloved Brazilians.  So on her behalf, I present to you some more gorgeous pictures from our South American friends.

These pictures are from T. Angel’s performance “Narcissus”. This was his second Kavadi experience, if your fluent in Portugese you can read about his first one here.  Also, if your in Brazil and want to catch a live viewing of the Narcissus video it is playing next month at Body Pleasures.

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For one more pic from this performance and his personal thank you list, keep on keeping on.

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From his IAM page I got the following thank yous:

Every time I talk about spear experience I have to thank Ego Kornus, Angye, La Negra and Peco, cause they brought knowledge, inspiration and new possibilites in my life. Special thank to Dark Freak for helping me with this work.

Comments

9 responses to “For Rachel”

  1. Caleigh Avatar
    Caleigh

    Beautiful pictures! I love them!

  2. Jamie James Avatar
    Jamie James

    That is fucking gnarly

  3. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    soooo beautiful, and so calming.

  4. LenaK Avatar
    LenaK

    Parece ser una interesante performance, y al parecer los brasileros siempre tienen ese tipo de performances que mostrar; pero personalmente considero que hay algunas cosas dentro de las modificaciones corporales y rituales corporales que son profundas, que uno las hace mas bien para uno mismo, y no para salir en la portada de Modblog.. por ejemplo me gusta mucho el trabajo de Valnei porque justamente él hace lo que hace (suspensiones) para si mismo, y a la vez comparte sus experiencias con todas las personas de ésta comunidad; pero ésto me parece más bien para hacer unas fotografías y salir en la portada de modblog, no me parece mal, pero personalmente me agrada ver artistas que realmente consideran los rituales o modificaciones corporales como un verdadero ARTE como Valnei…
    Menos demostración y más significado para uno mismo, no hacer de algo artístico un SHOW…

  5. bastian Avatar
    bastian

    beautiful, serene and calming – thank you for featuring this here!

  6. la negra Avatar
    la negra

    lindos!

  7. T. Angel Avatar
    T. Angel

    Thank you guys for sharing this work here!

    <3

  8. Dark Extreme Avatar
    Dark Extreme

    Wonderful day, amazing to be with that person T.angel.

  9. Dark Freak Avatar
    Dark Freak

    Bons tempos…

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