Serious Scenes and Play
Serious BDSM (Bondage & Discipline, Sadomasochism) is just that, SERIOUS, it is neither for beginners nor amateurs. It is not a game! The pictures below are just one example of a very Serious/Hardcore BDSM — Suspension scene.
Those that get involved in what can be defined as hardcore/heavy play/scenes are very, very experienced within the world of BDSM — or at least they should be! The Master (Eddie Graham), pictured below, studied, and worked, under numerous extremely experienced Masters for more than twelve years before he ever attempted to perform this scene on his own.
The bottoms (Svend Jensen & Soubi Soubiran), like the Master, are also extremely experienced — this was not a first time BDSM experience for them (however, it was their first, but not last, suspension scene). This was a graduation, after years and years of discipline, experience, and training, to a new high in self-awareness and spirituality.
So, in conclusion, this is just one type of hardcore/heavy play/scene, out of hundreds of scenarios, that the serious student/participant of BDSM can achieve, in time, with the proper mental attitude along with training, discipline and guidance from those that are experienced.
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A Word From:
Svend Jensen
The idea started with Modern Primitives. I had been sitting and browsing through some books in the piercing studio one day and immediately realized that that was what I wanted to do. That was about two and a half years ago and it stuck in my brain.
One day, about four months ago, Alan, from GASS nightclub, (now THO The Harder Option) which gives Sideshow, the performance art group I work with regular bookings, phoned and asked us to do a suspension for the clubs first birthday party. (The seed which I had previously planted had begun to germinate) I obviously jumped at the chance.
By this stage we had already accumulated loads of information on the subject.
After three months of intense mental preparation, planning and helping to build the rig, the night arrived.
Due to the fact that we had done a lot of preparation, I was totally relaxed until the marking started, where I had a few butterflies, which disappeared as soon as we were on stage.
The hook insertions were a little painful at first but became more tolerable as they progressed. I had expected them to be a little more intense.
As the rig was lifted and the ropes tightened, it felt as if the hooks would be ripped from my skin, and then amazingly my body left the stage and all pain subsided. I felt each hook in my body and especially when I moved any part of my body but there was no pain and there was this incredible floating sensation and I couldn't help grinning at my friends and at the crowd.
The sense of achievement at the time was overwhelming. I felt completely calm and focused the whole time and then I started to feel the cold and began to shiver.
I told Master Eddie and he immediately brought us down, after being suspended for twenty-two minutes.
It is definitely something I would like to experience again.
I don't think that your first suspension is something you will ever forget.
A Word From:
Soubi Soubiran
When I was a kid I had a book about the life of the American Sioux Indian Chief Crazy Horse. In the book was a double page painting of the Sundance and ever since then I have had a fascination for Suspensions and have always been interested in the spiritual side of a performance art. When Svend and myself met, we spoke of different types of performance art and this was the first time anyone had actually taken me seriously when I said that I would like to perform a suspension. This was the first time that I actually had the venue and the technical support to do something I had always wanted to do. About four months ago, I found out that it could actually become a reality.
Most people that I spoke to tried their best to discourage me from doing the suspension but in the end, I was surprised by the support and understanding that I received from my friends, and to those that gave their support, Thank You!
It was only the day before the Suspension, and after I had seen the completed rig and all the gear, that I was able to relax and on the night, because of all the preparations that had been done, I was perfectly calm and ready.
After the markings had been completed, I went and sat on the stage and tried to develop communication with the waiting crowd which had gathered around the rig, waiting for the spectacle to begin. While the music really pumped and the people crowded in to get a better view, the excitement was electric. I noticed many familiar faces which was really encouraging.
Then we started. We laid down on the stage and before I realized what was happening, the hooks were being inserted. The clamps were a little irritating but I managed to shut from my mind, all sensations of pain. Cade relaxed me with a massage while the ropes were being inserted into the hooks. I noticed the audience around me and plenty of movement and can remember wondering whether my brain was still part of my body at that stage.
As the rig was lifted and the ropes became tighter, I thought that I would not be able to go through with it. I saw the skin begin to lift and stretch. One girl put a bracelet in my hand just before we lifted. I remember holding it tightly and eventually as we lifted, I could no longer feel it in my hand. The noise of the chain through the chain block I heard above the sound of the music. Eventually as the chain stopped clattering, I realized that I could no longer hear the music which was pumping almost right next to me and I had never before experienced that feeling of total relaxation. It felt as if I consisted of two lines and that the rest of my body had disappeared. I could feel the warmth from the underpants, radiating through to the rest of my body and I could not decide whether or not I was asleep or awake. When I opened my eyes, I saw all the faces around me shine with warmth.
Time stood still and it felt as if we had been up there for about two minutes when I felt an energy at my back. It was a hot, humid galloping energy, which consumed all of me and the decent began. Once on the ground and the hooks removed, I felt that I wanted to be back up there.
The feeling of elation was indescribable and it seemed that I had lost all excess baggage.
After having adhesive plasters stuck over the wounds, I went into the club and partied with the rest of the crowd and felt no pain, discomfort or any ill effects from the experience.
Thank you to everyone that made this memorable experience possible and thank you in anticipation to those who will make it possible in the future.