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Art Thu Mar 11 2010
Not Such a Curious Carnival After All
Last Friday I attended Carnival of Curiosity which consisted of works by the Priestesses of the Holy Mountain, which is a BDSM (bondage discipline/ dominance submission/ sadomasochism) temple. The problem I have with these sorts of shows is that, the idea of having a show like this is often better than the show itself. The work unfortunately didn't deliver enough insight nor did it utilize innovation in a way suitable for the subject matter.
Most of the show presented very obvious and cliché motifs of what, I would suspect, an outsider would expect to see at a show like this. Photographs, paintings, drawings, and masks made up most this show, and it is very likely that because of the Internet, and the depletion of sub culture, this show lacked not only shock value, but insight.
Painting by Mistress Yani - Photo by Mistress Kit