Zentai Erotica
26 June 2015 Friday, 20:00-21:30
The Substation Theatre
Entry:SGD10
45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936
Facebook Event
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Michael Ronsky
Mayu Miranda Watanabe
Boundtome and Pea Desire
I.A.R.S.
(Apoi Jinggaro
Rahman
Anjingsial
NRSDLX
Pollox
Ingen Framtid 47
Bedal
Hang Tuam
L.J.S.)
Photo: Wu Gang Ng
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We are inviting a Swiss artist Michael Ronsky on 26 June 2015 at the Substation theatre for new experimental show. The performance is collaboration with Michael Ronsky (rope art) Mayu Miranda Watanabe (Classical dance) Boundtome and Pea Desire (Performance art) Punks (music) and several students and office workers.
The performance appropriates 1960's happening performance 'Zero Jigen' in Japan. Zero Jigen (Zero Dimension; active 1962-1972)'s ritualistic performance counter-attack to urbanization and Westernization which must be understood in the context of the exploration of indigenous modernity. They were also Anti-Art, performances were often by-products of artists’ non-conventional art-making processes in their rebellion against the artistic institutions.
Zentai Erotica explores into the art and non-art, silent and energy, tension and stillness, as well as eroticism and intellectual.
This event showcases the sensual kinbaku in the context of art form to share the high of rope bondage with zentai and experimental music.
This is a performance event and you are invited to witness the new opening of Singapore art.
Michael Ronsky (Swiss)
” Eroticism is the approval of the life to the death “, we cannot summarize better that Georges Bataille – surrealist if it is the world of Ronsky, at first with Happymaniacs then solo. Pastes and visual extravagance were put aside, Ronsky enters process of purge to keep only the sophistication deprived of the rope and the body, while working the sound and the movement. Shady zones where the life is expressed by unusual means, uncertain breath controlled by the learned game of ropes and interlaced members. And laid bare by the rite, the physical body, place of all fascinations.”
Géraldine Viredaz, journalist
Michael Ronsky & Mi-Do - Kinbaku performance - Filmed at TOKYO UNDERGROUND, Sept 2014
https://vimeo.com/121347819
Zero Jigen
Zero-jigen
In 1960s. art was distinctly anti-institutional. Ati-Art (Han-geijutsu) made concentrated effort to critique, subvert, and dismantle the art system, which echoed the politically turbulent atmosphere. Their anti-institutional radicalism went as far as to contribiting to the demise of the only stage for their works at the time - Yomiuri Anpan. In the aftermath of the Yomiuri Anpan's termination, avant-garde seek out alternative sites of operation. An urge for action inspired artists to wander into the streets as well as unconventional indoor venues, such as public bath.
In 1960s. art was distinctly anti-institutional. Ati-Art (Han-geijutsu) made concentrated effort to critique, subvert, and dismantle the art system, which echoed the politically turbulent atmosphere. Their anti-institutional radicalism went as far as to contribiting to the demise of the only stage for their works at the time - Yomiuri Anpan. In the aftermath of the Yomiuri Anpan's termination, avant-garde seek out alternative sites of operation. An urge for action inspired artists to wander into the streets as well as unconventional indoor venues, such as public bath.
Mayu Miranda Watanabe
Mayu's passion for dance began at an early age, pleading her parents to let her into ballet school – a move that would transform a hobby into a lifelong career. Her passion and dedication to excellence bore fruit early, with 2001 seeing her winning 2nd place for the first Hokkaido Ballet Competition at the age of 16.
As both a professional dancer and a teacher of dance, Mayu has been a fixture of Singapore's dance community since 2009, working with The Arts Fission Company and teaching creative dance to young children and the elderly. In that time, she has starred in such critically-acclaimed performances as The Rite of Spring: A People’s Stravinsky, in collaboration with the Esplanade and the Philharmonic Orchestra (Singapore), and Eat a Bitter Bloom, guest-choreographed by Charlotte Boye-Christenesen, artistic director of the Ririe Woodbury Dance Company from the United States. Beyond Singapore's shores, Mayu has also continued performing internationally, dancing for Petals in the Crowd in Jakarta, Indonesia.
She is a founder of M.A.Ballet http://www.maballet.com
Mayu's passion for dance began at an early age, pleading her parents to let her into ballet school – a move that would transform a hobby into a lifelong career. Her passion and dedication to excellence bore fruit early, with 2001 seeing her winning 2nd place for the first Hokkaido Ballet Competition at the age of 16.
As both a professional dancer and a teacher of dance, Mayu has been a fixture of Singapore's dance community since 2009, working with The Arts Fission Company and teaching creative dance to young children and the elderly. In that time, she has starred in such critically-acclaimed performances as The Rite of Spring: A People’s Stravinsky, in collaboration with the Esplanade and the Philharmonic Orchestra (Singapore), and Eat a Bitter Bloom, guest-choreographed by Charlotte Boye-Christenesen, artistic director of the Ririe Woodbury Dance Company from the United States. Beyond Singapore's shores, Mayu has also continued performing internationally, dancing for Petals in the Crowd in Jakarta, Indonesia.
She is a founder of M.A.Ballet http://www.maballet.com
Boundtome &Peadesire
Kinbaku-bi (緊縛美) literally means the beauty of tight binding. Kinbaku is an ancient art of Japanese rope bondage in intricate, elegant, aesthetic, and functional detail. Using jute rope which is both delicatewhile still being rough, this practice usually involves a “rope bottom” being subdued and bound.
The rigger “rope top” derives pleasure from the helpless state he/she/ze has rendered their rope bottomto. It can be a very spiritual experience as the bottom is bound to themselves, resulting in an experience of ̶ self-acceptance, and introspection.
The rope inherently connects the bottom and the rigger thru a transcending journey marveled with trust, deep mental and physical understanding, perception, and an empathetic perspective.
Boundtome discovered how this special art form has a deeper sense of purpose, not one linked to popular internet-media driven conceptions of purely sexual nature, but as a tool to form much deeper and sustainable connections.
As a child, Peadesire found solace as she rolled and wrapped herself tightly in a blanket, often drifting ofinto a slumber in that position. By coincidence, that similar sensation was rediscovered in zentai. Zentai also appeals to her for its mysterious and sensual nature. Though many may resist the stifling predicament Kinbaku brings, Peadesire associates pleasure and an almost dream-like serenity when bound.
The long-standing friendship between the two artists is brought to greater depths when engaged with zentai and ropes. Boundtome has only ever been associated with Shibari for a little over a year, Peadesirewas the first person he practiced ropes on. She helped and guided him along the journey with patience and critique where and when necessary. It’s an honour to be able to introduce the ingenious combination to the public.
Kinbaku-bi (緊縛美) literally means the beauty of tight binding. Kinbaku is an ancient art of Japanese rope bondage in intricate, elegant, aesthetic, and functional detail. Using jute rope which is both delicatewhile still being rough, this practice usually involves a “rope bottom” being subdued and bound.
The rigger “rope top” derives pleasure from the helpless state he/she/ze has rendered their rope bottomto. It can be a very spiritual experience as the bottom is bound to themselves, resulting in an experience of ̶ self-acceptance, and introspection.
The rope inherently connects the bottom and the rigger thru a transcending journey marveled with trust, deep mental and physical understanding, perception, and an empathetic perspective.
Boundtome discovered how this special art form has a deeper sense of purpose, not one linked to popular internet-media driven conceptions of purely sexual nature, but as a tool to form much deeper and sustainable connections.
As a child, Peadesire found solace as she rolled and wrapped herself tightly in a blanket, often drifting ofinto a slumber in that position. By coincidence, that similar sensation was rediscovered in zentai. Zentai also appeals to her for its mysterious and sensual nature. Though many may resist the stifling predicament Kinbaku brings, Peadesire associates pleasure and an almost dream-like serenity when bound.
The long-standing friendship between the two artists is brought to greater depths when engaged with zentai and ropes. Boundtome has only ever been associated with Shibari for a little over a year, Peadesirewas the first person he practiced ropes on. She helped and guided him along the journey with patience and critique where and when necessary. It’s an honour to be able to introduce the ingenious combination to the public.
Zentai Eros:
There are two aspects to zentai erotic, the first being somewhat obvious as the bondage, or gimp suit, most notably featured in the movie Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. While the gimp suit can be made of several different materials such as leather PVC, rubber or dualexx, spandex in creating the zentai outfit can be one of the most accommodating for keeping the form of the person wearing it.
Because of the use of the zentai in the context of a sexual interest, there is a duality placed onto the zentai. In some cases wearing the zentai can free the wearer from social norms and taboos, allowing them to almost transcend cultural restrictions and give them a closer connection to the universal oneness, that same reduction of the sense of self could reduce the wearer to something that could be considered inanimate, to be used by others.
Some who desire to totally cover their bodies, or objectify the body enjoys Zentai. Latex fetishism cannot actualize the ultimate goal of covering the whole body (total enclosure) due to the inability of latex to let air in and out for breathing. For some zentai players who wish to control breathing, they may take a shower or spread lotion on the fabric.
Zentai also offers the visual sensation quite similar to tights or leotard, that being of a ‘second skin’ and a smoothness that can be much more refined than skin. These characteristics may interest newcomers who are not at first attracted by the look of zentai. Unlike other fetishism, zentai carries a certain percentage of posteriori learned sexual preference group, which could be an alternate solution to nudity being prohibited by the government.
There are two aspects to zentai erotic, the first being somewhat obvious as the bondage, or gimp suit, most notably featured in the movie Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. While the gimp suit can be made of several different materials such as leather PVC, rubber or dualexx, spandex in creating the zentai outfit can be one of the most accommodating for keeping the form of the person wearing it.
Because of the use of the zentai in the context of a sexual interest, there is a duality placed onto the zentai. In some cases wearing the zentai can free the wearer from social norms and taboos, allowing them to almost transcend cultural restrictions and give them a closer connection to the universal oneness, that same reduction of the sense of self could reduce the wearer to something that could be considered inanimate, to be used by others.
Some who desire to totally cover their bodies, or objectify the body enjoys Zentai. Latex fetishism cannot actualize the ultimate goal of covering the whole body (total enclosure) due to the inability of latex to let air in and out for breathing. For some zentai players who wish to control breathing, they may take a shower or spread lotion on the fabric.
Zentai also offers the visual sensation quite similar to tights or leotard, that being of a ‘second skin’ and a smoothness that can be much more refined than skin. These characteristics may interest newcomers who are not at first attracted by the look of zentai. Unlike other fetishism, zentai carries a certain percentage of posteriori learned sexual preference group, which could be an alternate solution to nudity being prohibited by the government.
