Left to right: Aaron Foster, Brett Perkins, Rome Bear
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Rites of Passion
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When it comes to spiritual suspensions, no team does it better than Rites of Passage. Every member of their team has a passion for suspension that can’t be put into words. Through their efforts, countless people have been able to suspend in some of the most beautiful spaces across the country. Evan’s knee suspension is no different, and through the photography of IAM:xwinterhalox, we can get a glimpse of that experience.
Make sure to visit the knee suspension gallery to see more photos from this beautiful suspension.
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Suspending at Cadillac Ranch
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Speaking of guerrilla suspension, the Cadillac Ranch (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch for more info) may not be quite as idyllic as a diving structure over the water at sunset, but half-buried cars covered in graffiti in the desert around Amarillo, Texas, is so very American. Never thought I’d have seen a suspension done between the cars, but I am today proved very wrong and happily surprised about it — these come from (and I apologize if I get this wrong) Skin Mechanic Suspension.
And now speaking of suspension in America, I wanted to mention that HOOKED is hosting the SUSPENSION MECCA Omaha Suscon from August 31st to September 3rd, which includes lectures from suspension luminaries including Allen Falkner, Havve Fjell, and Steve Joyner. For more information follow this link: hooked13.com/suspension-mecca-2012/
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All-in-one
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Earlier in the week we saw a brief look at one of Scorpio’s torture inventions. As promised, today you get to see the whole machine. Now according to him this “fucks up everything in one go”.
I’m sure you can guess what body parts go in which spot, but why guess when we’ve got pictures! Keep on reading to see how it all comes together once the electricity is hooked up.
It’s not visible in these photos, but it’s a safe bet you can assume where the big metal ball ended up. For more photos, including the step-by-step on how he hooked himself up, check out the Scorpio Bonus Gallery.
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Tattooed Scars
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It might come as a shock to people that this text in the top photo is a healed scarification. The reason it looks fresh — and will forever — is that the scar has been “embossed” with lines of tattooing done in red on one side and white on the other, making it look like it’s still early in its healing process. It’s amazingly well done, with the scar being initially created by Azl in Montreal, who has been scarring longer than some of BME’s readers have even been alive!!! Another two amazing examples of his scars combined with tattooing (by Barry Buteau of Planet Ink) follow, some amazing painted angel wings that are given form and life by the underlying scars Azl created.
You don’t see scars and tattoos combined very often (which I find surprising), and you see it done this well even less often. These are both very special pieces of body art.
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Timmy’s Body Jewelry and Donut Emporium
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What, you didn’t know that they made body jewelry at Tim Horton’s??? My old friend Azl in Montreal tests out their wares, which while not ideal for fresh piercings, work quite nicely in healed ones… and can save your life if you find yourself trapped in a desert without food.
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Hand Poking by Ferank
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As I promised, a few more pictures from the work of hand tattooist (ie. hand poked, not machine) Ferank Manseed. That first photo also gives me the opportunity to mention another blog you may want to read, palmproject.tumblr.com (in addition of course to BME’s own massive hand tattoo galleries). As I said earlier, you can reach Ferank most easily at [email protected] to set up an appointment with this UK-based artist.
That last piece makes me think a lot of the Dali painting with a similar 3D cross. I should mention that the cross wasn’t done by Ferank — he just pushed it up a level into something much more special by adding the circle of sacred geometry.
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Over Dark Water
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A beautiful image of Lasse Marius suspending with Wings of Desire (I’m sure you already knew that from seeing their iconic rig) over the water. But you must also see the second photo (which is of Tom-Erik Johansen suspending at the same location) to put it into context — what a wonderful guerrilla suspension re-purposing of a diving board (which would be fun for its intended use as well)!
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Messing with Facial Recognition
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I was looking at this picture of Blake Eaton and considering how much a labret can push around the lips and thereby slightly redefine the mathematical representation of the face. I was wondering at what point body modifications — or facial tattoos — start to mess up facial recognition algorithms? Given how ubiquitous CCTV surveillance is these days, and how many of these cameras are being networked into systems that can do live facial recognition and tracking (thereby allowing the illuminati or skynet or whatever to track you any time you step into public view), such things are worth considering… With a couple of strategic large piercings, could you contort your face enough that by switching jewelry you effectively hide yourself from the robots?
…and then of course there’s always this…
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Near Disaster
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This photo from the Corpo E’Mio “Apartheid” performance (facebook.com/bcirkus)) in Rome last year really shows the value of using a safety harness when suspending from the knees — look at how far they’ve torn and how little flesh is left protecting the suspendee’s neck! On a side note, those are some very interesting looking implants in his forearm.
