Some say abuse takes the best parts of us.

A recent conversation with Marie-Caroline Hominal and François Chaignaud (related in Novembre, Issue 2) led me to a much recurrent thought: public bodies.

Vito Acconci told that among the Marxist beliefs he had espoused in the 1970s but still felt compelled by was the conviction that the rejection of the value of private property should begin with a changed attitude to your own body, with the radical readiness to understand this body and self as public and political, 24/7.

The refusal to claim your potentials as private property and the will to allow them to be used, exhausted or abused by others, implies a generosity that to me, however, has little to do with moral altruism. It seems rather more driven by an unrestrained desire to enjoy and be enjoyed by others. A way to connect it all, the whole world. Sweet soul of abuse. Always exhibited, and forever owned. Always flying, and forever falling.

Laurie Anderson – Walking And Falling from J. Christian Guerrero on Vimeo.

(rotary tattoo machine made by Shagbuilt)

Zana takes it to the limit. And we love her for that.

After a couple of hours Frieze can become a bit of a blur. Never get bored of a Robert Mapplethorpe sculpture though.

Launched last week on a wet and windy night at the AMUTi 23 bookshop just off Charing Cross Rd, Dressing for Pleasure documents the 70s rubber scene in pictures via a best-of selection from AtomAge magazine. Featuring the amazing fetishwear of John Sutcliffe, it uncovers a secret world hidden behind the front doors of suburbia, where bespoke craftsmanship was an important part of kink. Check the interiors too.

Published by Fuel Design

Is bookplates fetishism a common practice?

Do you want to remove a bookplate for your sweet little collection? A very kind and articulated woman will explain you how to do it below:

These moodboards have put me in the mood for a moodboard. Don’t want to give too much away but.. Oh dear, too late.