It’s about what bondage has to do with birth and death, why even licking an arm can be sex, and how frustration can be a great foundation for more pleasure:
See also Nicole Siller – www.lebendich.at
As a cultural studies scholar, Beate Absalon explores “other states,” such as childbirth, the grieving process, hysteria, sleep, radical happiness & collective (kill-)joy, and sadomasochistic practices. After initially investigating how ropes can induce active passivity—through bondage, but also in puppetry or political activism— she is currently writing her dissertation on inventive forms of sex education. Her theoretical interest is fueled by practice, as she enjoys putting herself and others into ecstatic states—preferably in an undogmatic way: flogging with a leather whip or a bundle of dew-fresh mint, holding with rope or an embrace, playing with aggressive cuddling or loving humiliation, letting words or spit flow. Doing what falls outside the norm and the everyday can be frightening and, at the same time, immensely pleasurable. Beata designs workshops and sessions as spaces for exploring boundaries, where limits are crossed and discovered, vague and daring fantasies are explored together, and a personal style is allowed to emerge.
