Safe word, 2020

Latex, staples, upholstery foam, wood panel. 80x60cm

A safeword is a code word or signal in BDSM used by sexual partners to communicate their physical or emotional state, typically when approaching, or crossing, a physical, emotional, or moral boundary before climax.

This work is inspired and explores central aspects of the role of sexuality in Gilles Deleuze's philosophy, Shibari Japanese bondage art and personal BDSM practices I experienced while suffering from sex addiction. When pain takes over the unsatisfied sexual demands.