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March 2010
This year, we are determined to do more to promote our finalists. It's obvious that both the media and the government are hiding much of what is going on in this country, painting a false picture of sex work, pornography, and ignoring the views of British people, thus attempting to crush our sexual freedoms.
In order to do this, we are holding three different events:-
1) A flamboyant Exhibition in the West End of London to which the press will be invited for a Private View. The Exhibition will not only feature the paintings and photographs of our artists, but also each finalist is represented on the walls, explaining why they are so important to us. Our performers will perform and poets read. Hopefully this will get coverage to startle editors, news commentators and eventually the government.
- An outdoor Gathering in Regent's Park at their beautiful Bandstand where our most vocal finalists can explain what they are doing to help Britain regain some of our precious freedom.
- Pornorama, a film day to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Amsterdam's Wet Dream Festival, show our finalist films and discuss the future of pornography so that, such will be the quality of erotic film that the DVDs will be sold in Harrods and the films reviewed in The Times.
February 2010
Cunning Stunts took place on Wednesday 3rd February at Cable in London Bridge. It was an incredible success - “a great night” everybody agreed.
An amazing wide range of guests descended on Cable from far and wide in freezing February, greeted by a team of gorgeous hosts and hostesses, offered Canapés'nBubbly, and shown into a shady, chandelier-lit 30's Berlin Cabaret Hall, to be seated at dining tables. They were invited to vote for each act, out of ten.
The show began with the promoter of the event, Tuppy Owens being wheeled through the crowd in a shopping trolley, as Colobus Monkey, to the sultry sound of a “David Attenborough” voice-over. As she was “returned to the wild” and deposited on stage with a bunch of bananas, the screen flashed “Save Our Forest”, and she flashed her red and blue bottom, diamond butt-plug glittering in the spotlight. The Attenborough aids were shot by another Colobus, Chiqui from atop a pole (which was a tree top). Soon, beautiful Colobus, Alex grinned her way onto the stage in her wheelchair and Santi a male Colobus with a big red cock leaped beside them. The monkeys groomed each other attentively, and out jumped two fleas, Mouse and Tom.
From the back of the Cabaret Hall, Helen, a Red Colobus with beautiful bosoms made her way through the crowd in her wheelchair, grooming guests, and hoping to join in, but the stage was too high and did not allow her up.
Santi shagged Tuppy from behind. Like most 65-year-olds, she looked utterly delighted. She then wandered off into the forest to give birth to a baby Colobus. Everyone was happy to have Tuppy and her baby join them as new arrivals from the overcrowded shores of Great Britain, and the baby, safely in a pram, was wheeled off with the troupe, to at last join Helen.
The show continued with Susie Wong doing a beautiful classic Chinese dance strip, and Esinem demonstrating his amazing Japanese bondage suspension. This was followed by WorldMistress, who marched around the stage in military uniform and then stripped from the stage to display a gorgeous body. On came Art Tart, a Bristol artist/performer who paints and poses and has everyone in hysterics. Amelia spoke as she teased and flashed parts of her body, and it wasn't until she dropped her prop on purpose that the audience guessed that she was blind. This was followed by a clever interaction with the audience and a mirror.
Ernesto, the Naked Poet stripped down and discussed his penis, and how it feels when encountering strangers,with entirely original humour.
Katie Sarra was presenting the show, with Mat Fraser being Master of Ceremonies. They filled gaps with spontaneous spanking, dripping wax on a volunteer and raising funds by charging the audience. Mat did his legendary windmill cock display.
After the German supper had been served, the show began again with the Polish performance artists, Suka Off doing a dramatic act involving blood and death. Then came the larger than life Jo King who, must be said stole the show with her magnetic sexuality and full-on bump and grind.
Bloody Mary, a pretty, tiny dwarf lady came on stage with a blow-up doll, polished it and then continued to demonstrate her submissiveness by first sucking on, and then inserting a green chilli inside her.
Dangerous Dolly, in the most delectable corset, weaved her way around a chair in a menacing fashion, displaying her incredible limbs and breasts.
The audience were delighted by Broke Back Disco, a highly polished and choreographed double act of seduction and Anna Drury, who danced with hulu hoops of fire. Lola Lypsinka, a girl who has become a beautiful boy, did a spectacular drag show pole dance.
Finally, Mikey, the young lady whose campaign to get the rightful compensation for thalidomide people was successful this year, came on looking demure. Slowly, she removed her clothes with her smile just getting bigger and bigger. It was as if stripping with a disabled body is just that much more satisfying !
The night was a grand affair, with a fabulous atmosphere and a successful fundraiser for Outsiders.
January 2010
Excitement rises as we approach the deadline for the nominations of 2010 Erotic Awards. Three things have emerged:-
- Porn stars are leaping at the chance to express their artistic creativity on stage at Cunning Stunts, to provide a whole new dimension to erotic performance and we know this show will be the most dynamic, diverse and deliciously sexy.
- Top academics are speaking out against the government's recent repressive legislation and are accepting their nominations in the Erotic Awards in the hope of having their messages broadcast more widely. Professor Stephen Guest of University College London wrote to us to say, “This government has done so much damage to the criminal law, poking its nose in everywhere and deciding things on our behalf about such things as our personal and private taste. It makes my blood boil, but I can see that other people are incensed, too”.
- More and more galleries, festivals and websites are portraying erotic art, film and performance, and we think the time has come to list all these initiatives on our site, for struggling artists to find outlets for their work. Coming soon.
December 2009
Resistance Gallery welcomes Erotic Awards show in April. Club of the Year 2008 Lucha Brittania's promoter Gary Vanderhorne agrees to let us use his avant guarde gallery for the 2010 exhibition.
November 2009
Royal Society of Medicine/SHADA Conference “Disability: Sex, Relationships and Pleasure” on 13th November is publicised in The Times which a huge photo taken by finalist Ashley, of 2008 Sex Worker of the Year, Sue Newsome making love to a quadriplegic man's head.
August 2009
Finalists Ashley and Katie Sarra join forces to produce an exhibition of pictures of disabled people. Ashley's photographic work, “Bodies of Difference” is stark black and white prints and Katie Sarra's colourful oils are being collected together to go on show at the Royal Society of Medicine / SHADA Conference “Disability: Sex, Relationships and Pleasure” on 13th November.
June 2009
Gerald Laing agrees to become a judge. Pop artist Gerald Laing agrees to join the Erotic Awards Grand Jury of Conspicuous Sensuality.
January 2009
On the afternoon of Tuesday January 13th, the Erotic Awards Politicians of the Year were gathered together at the Marriott Hotel, Westminster, for the presentations of their Golden Flying Penis Trophies. The presentations were announced by Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon, handed out by Mouse and the certificates handed to them by Eleni Stephani.
November 08
The 2008 Exhibition was transferred to the walls of Liberty Elite in Leicestershire. Liberty Elite is Britain's most prestigious swing club, attracting a sophisticate clientele.
September 08
The Erotic Awards Exhibition was opened on 3rd September in the Jago Gallery, London. The opening was a lively evening, with Sebastian Horsley reading from his book Dandy in the Underworld, and Niki Flynn being spanked while a passage was read from her book Dances with Werewolves. Finalists enjoyed a Closing Party at the gallery on Thursday 11th September.
The Exhibition transferred to the Night of the Senses on Friday 12th September. The finalists gathered in the Marquee where Miss Diva Hollywood announced the winners. Then the winners gathered by the stage before the show and collected their Golden Flying Penis Trophies.
The Show then began, presented by Mat Fraser, with Artist of the Year, Katie Sarra painting it in action. The packed audience were treated to a wonderful mixture of world-class striptease, performance and fashion. Mat was later quoted in Bizarre magazine, “I loved seeing artist Lazlo Pearlman dressed as a burly sailor, covering his body in chocolatge sauce and spaghetti then washing it all off in Champagne, to reveal he actually had a vagina.”
The Exhibition was taken down after the Night of the Senses and taken directly to the Impure Gallery in Brighton, where it became part of the 2008 Brighton Art Fair.
June 08
Erotic Awards secures gallery for our exhibition – The Jago Gallery in trendy Hoxton, has agreed to hold our exhibition 3rd-10th September on the ground floor. This new wheelchair accessible gallery is open from noon-midnight and has a licensed bar and space beneath where pole dancing lessons and other happenings take place.
June 08
Erotic Awards welcomes Love Shack UK as sponsor. www.loveshackUK.com
May 08
Jaime Bautista, founder of SMart (Socially Marginalised Art) is invited to curate the Exhibition.
(More info about SMart here: http://www.vaengland.org.uk/uploaded/map4399.pdf)
May 08
SHOWCASE is a massive success and £1,000 is donated by Malcolm Pearce of Johnson's of Bath.
May 08
J.A.M. Montoya's photographic prints from our exhibition sold – two of the prints brought over from Spain have sold for £250, and there is promise of more sales.
March 08
Portrait photographer Jonathan Root joins the Erotic Awards Team of Judges.
January 2010
From Peter Tatchell
Happy New Year 2010 Wishing you a Pink, Green and Red New Year. Wishing the world equality, peace, liberty and justice.
Huge thanks for your support in 2009. It is treasured.
From many small streams, a mighty river flows. We are the small streams that can make a mighty river for human liberation.
To catch up with my campaigns, see here: www.petertatchell.net
If you are willing and able to make a donation towards my human rights work in 2010, see here: http://www.tatchellrightsfund.org/donations.htm
From Tiffany
Hello to all beautiful Erotic Awards people!
The past year has been a very exciting one for Miss Tiffany as I moved to Bristol to begin full time training on a physical performance and contemporary circus course, its been absolutely amazing and I have had the priviledge of performing at many burlesque and cabaret events in the South West with my striptease shows and flew through the air on my swinging trapeze at Glastonbury Festival, Cardiff Millenium Centre and London's Stratford Circus. As for 2010 after my course has finished I plan to carry on performing full time with some shows I have created involving ropes and hoops suspended from the air with of course, the removal of some fabulous costumes! x x x
Dr Lucy Robinson
Since my nomination I've been enjoying keeping in touch with the amazing people I met through the awards. Connecting with people outside of the academic world was one of the things that made the awards so important for me and the awards have opened up lots of new doors - I've presented my research at Pride and Prejudice a short fiction event organised by Shoft Fuse Leicester's Pride complete with my own model (which us academics don't usually get thrown into the deal) and have also been interviewed for Polari, an innovative and creative online LGBT publication. http://www.shortfuseleicester.com/CSS_SITE/images/Polariarticle09.pdf
Feb 09
Xtalk
The Xtalk project continues its activism around sex workers' rights and migration issues. At the moment we're focussing on opposition to the proposed Crime and Policing Bill currently before Parliament, which threatens to criminalize the demand for prostitution on the model used in Sweden and further repress the industry and its workers. On 14 February we took part in a workshop on sex work, migration and trafficking at the Feminist Fightback conference at SOAS. On 31 March we're calling on sex workers and allies to Speak Out and Stand Up for sex workers' rights at a rally at Piccadilly Circus in London - meet at the Eros Statue at 2pm. For further details and information on Xtalk's other upcoming activities and how to get involved, go to http://www.xtalkproject.net/
Ron Athey and Lee Adams
Since our nomination for the Erotic awards Ron Athey and I have been busy developing our own solo projects in Los Angeles, Berlin & London and working together on the next phase of Visions of Excess.
We are very happy to announce that the next Visions of Excess event will be at SHUNT Vaults on Easter Sunday, 12 April as part of the SPILL Festival produced by Pacitti Company.
You can read more about it here:
and in the Guardian online there is a preview by Lyn Gardner:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog
Visions of Excess is a 12 hour communion with the ragged spirit of Georges Bataille exploring the "scatological philosophers” key themes of death, eroticism and the forbidden. Curators Ron Athey and Lee Adams intention is not merely to programme a multi-media 'Happening', but to lay down the map for an esoterotic journey into the heart of darkness. The concept for Visions of Excess is not a tidy one, the aim is to curate a perfect mess, strategise a series of installation options, stage gestures of defiance, framing out space but leaving room for acts of transgressive participation and rampant exhibitionism.
Hosted by the inimitable David Hoyle and featuring live performances from an array of internationally renowned artists including Franko B, Bruce La Bruce, Julie Tolentino, Kembra Pfahler, Suka Off, Kira O'Reilly, Dominic Johnson Lazlo Pearlman, Mouse and Nicole Blackman plus video work by Genesis P Orridge, Peter Christopherson, SUPERM and Terence Koh, Visions of Excess will create a swirling, vertiginous “total derangement of the senses” which could induce personal transfiguration and the expansion of consciousness.
In The Autumn we will be taking Visions of Excess to Copenhagen for an event at Warehouse 9. We are also currently working with SPILL Festival on a new commission to produce a ‘Performance Tarot’ in collaboration with the photographer Manuel Vason.
Annie Sprinkle (and Elizabeth Stephens) — winners of Event of the Year 2008 sent this:
Dear Esteemed Erotic Pioneers, Activists and Experts,
It is an honour and surprise to have received an Erotic award for our Love Art Laboratory project (loveartlab.org). Our erect golden penis is perfectly displayed in our home and garners lots of attention. Doing work about love has its challenges to be sure. Our past work about sex was far easier in many ways. So it was nice to get that nod of encouragement.
At the moment we are in Mexico City at Central America's first ever symposium on "Post Porn." We recently did the FIRST ever queer wedding (as far as anyone could ascertain) in the entire Balkans, in Zagreb. and are in the planning stages of being the first queer wedding in Hungary as well. (We do big performance art weddings.) We have also have created a new field, "SEXECOLOGY"--combining sexology and ecology, which is about treating the earth as a lover instead of mother. Our new performance, Dirty Sexceology, premiered in Switzerland, where we talked dirty to plants and I did a post menopausal striptease ballet at 201 pounds. Its wonderful to be "outsiders."
Tuppy, as always, you and your "Outsiders" continue to inspire and delight us with all you do. We love the "Success Stories" on your fab new site. May all your penises be golden and may you never walk alone or under honoured. www.loveartlab.org
From Lazlo — Performance Artist 2008 Yes, it was such a honour, joy and pleasure to take part in the Erotic Awards...My golden cock sits proudly on my desk, and is a constant source of ... ahem... pleasure to me!
I have had a great end of '08 and beginning of '09! Recently I hosted the after-film parties for the Berlin Porn Film Festival and the Amsterdam Rated X festival, have had performances and appearances in places as far flung as Columbus, Ohio, and Copenhagen, was the protagonist in a film shot in Barcelona with a fake orgasm contest as a main plot point, and am about to première a new solo show in Paris in March! And I've got a brand new website: www.lazlopearlman.com (in progress). So, life post Erotic Awards ain't half bad! Love to all, xxx Lazlo www.myspace.com/lazlopearlman 南無妙法蓮華経 NMRK "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto"? ("I am human, nothing that is human is alien to me") – Terence ?...Doucement,? legèrment, facilement?
From Rupert Smith — Writer of the Year 2008 — for his James Lear novels: Since winning the Erotic Award in September, I’ve evolved into not one, not two but three separate literary personae. I’m currently writing the new James Lear novel, and have just completed a screen adaptation of THE BACK PASSAGE. My new Rupert Smith novel, MAN’S WORLD, comes out in November. And in the summer, I’m launching my third “brand”, with a huge sexy commercial blockbuster. And my “hobby”, the House of Homosexual Culture, is now producing events all year round at the Southbank Centre in London. Join me on MySpace and Facebook!
www.rupertsmith.org.uk
Stacey — Porn Artist 2007 in Melanie's Real Brit Amateurs Vol 5 'Been feeling horny all the time (as always) and having loads of fun; l but I'm very quiet on the filming front!!! Love to film some girl/girl rude stuff if there's anyone out there that would like to see my talents again!!'
Bill Shipton — Lifetime Achievement 2008 — tells us:
Splosh! continues to literally throw pies in the face of convention with more messy films - including taking part in a documentary on sploshing made by a Bournemouth Uni student for her finals! Holly McSweeney and her crew came to our studio for an interview and also got well and truly sploshed whilst she was here. As for my Flying Cock award...yes, it changed my life - by getting me thrown off Facebook! Our picture of Tiger Benson with my Lifetime Achievement Award down her throat was considered too rude and had me banned!
From Dr Betty Dodson — Lifetime Achievement 2005 and Independent Film 2007 “THE INTERNAL CLITORIS”
This past February 08, my friend and collaborator of 43 years died. Grant Taylor had been my webmaster for the past 10 years and was responsible for putting me on the Internet. My new business partner and webmaster, Carlin Ross, was the first thirty-five year old woman I'd met in years who identified as a feminist. You just don't hear the word these day. Our new website dodsonandross is growing rapidly with fabulous traffic. We are two women dedicated to providing sex information, education, and entertainment that supports health and wellness through sexual expression and self-pleasure. Dodson and Ross: Empowering Women One Orgasm at a Time! Check us out. Happy O's, BAD
From Helena Barrow, Registered manager of the The Chaseley Trust Residential Home for Severely Disabled Adults in Eastbourne — Campaigner 2007:
I am now invited to speak at conferences around the country, am developing my own Policy on Sex for the residential home, and am chair of SHADA, the Sexual Health and Disability Alliance which is holding a conference on sex and disability training at the Royal Society of Medicine in November 2009.
Debauchette, New York — Sex Worker 2008: I've co-founded an online magazine called F/lthyGorgeousTh/ngs (filthygorgeousthings.com), which is due to launch over the next few weeks. It's dedicated to art and sexuality, and we welcome contributions from writers, photographers, artists, filmmakers, and designers of erotic objects. If anyone is interested in contributing, they are welcome to contact me directly debauchette@gmail.com, or Christina Voss at cvoss@fgtmedia.com, www.debauchette.com
Eros Association — Campaigner 2008 Since being nominated for our award, Australia's adult industry association, the Eros Association, has launched a political party called the Australian Sex Party. Canada has a Sex Party and I think you guys have had a tilt at UK politics as well but we believe this is the first time that an incorporated adult industry organisation has launched itself into the political arena. Our aim is to get our CEO, Fiona Patten, elected as a Senator of Australia on a sex, gender and censorship platform. We have a website at http://www.sexparty.org.au and our most recent newsletter is up there to browse along with our policies. We currently have about 1,500 members and are anticipating 5,000 by the end of the year which is very competitive with the major parties here. We are currently putting together the World Sex Party to be held at the end of this year. This will be an international event for people working in and around the adult industry and who are interested in the politics of our industry on a global basis. The event will take place on Australia's magnificent Great Barrier Reef on the same weekend that the coral spawns. This only happens once a year and is the largest orgasm in the world (about 1,700 kms of coral love juice). We know Tuppy loves to fuck out in the Scottish Highlands while the deer are rutting so we know she'll split her swimmers covered in coral spawn! Stay tuned to our web site for ticket sales and details. Ticket numbers will be limited. All the best Robbie Swan
Michael Forbes — Artist 2008 I am currently working on work for a show on the Opera Gallery in New Bond Street. The is a mixed show of some of the world's most exciting pop artists, raising funds for cancer research.
I've sent a couple of paintings to the Museum of Porn in Zurich for their "Dirty Show". Juxtapoz, America's number one arts and culture magazine. This and Hollywood's Moving Pictures magazine will both be running features on my work in March. I was thrilled and honoured to win my Award. It's the only award that is multi purpose: you can display it proudly, but its also useful for planting carrots. It has given all my artist friends penis envy. Many thanks to Tuppy and everyone at the Erotic Awards.
arthriticyoungthing.blogspot.com — Blog 2008 "Zephyr has been taking time out from her regular naughty pursuits to focus on her health. In June she was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and had an ankle replacement, subsequently spending three months in rehab. Since then she's been focusing on physiotherapy, learning to deal with fibromyalgia, embracing health food and holistic therapies, and having needles stuck in her every Wednesday - acupuncture, not play piercing, though the results are similar! In the meantime, Zephyr's BDSM orientation seems to have changed from switch to top, so Zephyr's devoting some spare time to learning how to be a good dominatrix - or a very, very mean one. Hence, when it's not Wednesday she gets to stick needles in other people!"
Christian Petersen – Photographer 2007 now has a website http://www.christianjpetersen.com
Michael Peacock — Male Sex Worker 2007 As proud recipient of my award Male Sex Worker Of The Year 2007 Erotic Awards - has definitely made a very positive difference - its an excellent advertising aid - but constantly reminds me that I must live up to my reputation and deliver a service that is high quality & consistent. Having a number of clients that have a disability is no issue for me - its just a shame I don't have more! Personally I was disappointed that there was no suitable nominations for the award in 2008 - I know there are some really good male & transgender escorts - but the Erotic Awards are poorly promoted on the LGBT scene.
Todger Talk — Blog 2008 — news:
Since September, two new writers have joined Todger Talk, TV comedian Lee Hurst, and also a reader contributor Dan Adams (a budding standup) comedian. Also, on the back of winning the award Sam van Rood (TT editor) has started as the online Sex and Relationships Editor at Menshealth.co.uk which reaches over 400,000 men each month.
Sebastian Horsley — whose “His Dandy in the Underworld” won Publication of the Year 2008, reports:
“Sebastian Horsey has no news and certainly no achievements. You see my darlings, works of art do nothing but they do it magnificently. I am an handsome English Gentleman and have therefore won 1st prize in the lottery of life. I hope to die next week and then I shall be stiff with achievement.”
Bonnie/Kitten, CEO/Mod of Gimps Gone Wild — Website 2008, sent this, "Hello to all you supporters! I just want to say thanks for nominating us for the award! Its great to see that society does view the disabled sexy too, just like everyone else!! We been fighting the stereotypes for a long time now and its great to see some things are changing!!
I still do not know who nominated us, I guess we have a secret admirer!! Our site is continuing to grow and we have acquired a few more models in the last several months! We have some good press too, been on TV, in Magazines and a few morning radio shows, all representing us in a good light. We just want to say thank you again and keep up the support!!!
http://www.gimpsgonewild.com ~ wild & sexy disabled models
http://www.thegimpstore.com ~ funny t-shirts and more with disability humour"
'Kill Kill Faster Faster' directed by Gareth Maxwell Roberts, Full Circle Films — Independent Feature Film 2008
Hi Tuppy, and all the other eroticists floating in the sexual ether astride resplendent golden penises. We have had a wonderful reaction and more than a few raised eyebrows to the wonderful accolade, and our ceremonial cock has become a much coveted item. It receives a regular audience...
On a more serious note it has allowed me to reposition the marketing of the film as a dark erotic love story. I have always maintained the erotic content of the film is it's strongest asset and it's most marketable element, but I have encountered much resistance, most of which thankfully has been nullified by the award. We have a UK release in June 2009, hopefully to be followed by a US release in the late summer. We are busily developing other projects and firing on all fronts. We are scheduled to begin production on our second feature film "The Mortician" also in June of this year, a dark thriller shot and to be presented in digital 3D. We are also seeking finance our gritty NY based gay comedy, "House of Mayhem".
Good luck to you all in your rich and varied and horny endeavors! See the 'Kill Kill Faster Faster' trailer at http://www.killkillfasterfaster.com
ObsessionArt.com — Website 2007 – continues to be the driving force behind providing erotic artists a credible means to reach customers. The website – since featuring in the Erotic Awards two years ago – has now grown to feature over 60 erotic artists and photographers from all over the world including many leading names in the genre, such as Sardax, Michael Manning and China Hamilton. The site maintains a dedication to take the best works from the erotic subculture and show them brightly to a mainstream audience, with GQ magazine recently describing the portfolio as ‘a striking collection of prints.
FILTHY FOOD — Independent Film 2007 — creator T. Arthur Cottam's newest short film, DIRTY WORDS: THE LETTER C, is currently gaining traction on www.Atom.com and his first feature film (CARBUNCLE) will be released on DVD in Summer 2009. His first web series, ASK JENNA LEIGH, will be premiering at CineKink NYC and online February 2009 www.DirtyLittleShorts.com
Meena Saraswathi Seshu — Campaigner 2008 I am envious of all your contributions to the erotic world. We are always fighting for space to exist! Forget erotica. We are battling raids, rescues, rehabilitation and reform. We have successfully stalled the amendment to the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act which would have penalised `demand'. So we are riding the high wave at this point! In Solidarity, Meena. India
Justin of Kinky Salon — Club 2008 KINKY SALON continues to be a sexy private party for a select crowd of kinky people in London. Since being an Erotic Awards finalist we have evolved the Salon to have two levels of events - full-scale Salon events for up to 80 people, and more intimate "at home" parties for 15-20 people. We have now had 5 full-scale Salons and 3 "at homes" over 18 months. As well as our core membership of kinky friends, the list of invitees has been steadily growing by recommendation of existing members. The Salon will go dark for 6 months while London Faerie recovers from a knee operation. When we come back, we plan to make the full-scale parties a bit more accessible, with opportunities for a small number of guests to attend by application. We will have a website at www.kinkysalon.co.uk soon, with more about the parties and our plans for the Autumn and Winter.
Lucha Britannia's Garry Vanderhorne — Club 2008 wrote, 'After our last big year with Reading & Leeds festivals, the BBC, 'Bizarre Ball', 'Resistance Gallery', Doritos & guest appearances at arthouse events, (not to mention the honor of winner an Erotic Award for best club night!), the human entertainment machine that is 'Lucha Britannia' keeps rolling, with shows at this years 'Brit Awards' in Feb, our own big show at London's SEone club on March 27th and the festivals during summer. And then later in the year the 'Bizarre Ball' returns bigger & bolder than ever to kick out any winter blues that may creep in.
We are relaunching a new website, which should go live on Thurs 12th Feb as well as our other continuing endeavours of the electronic kind with our Facebook group, Myspace page & of course the all important Blogspot.
www.luchabritannia.co.uk
Thank you so much for your continuing great efforts into battling the crooked system and making positive changes for the good of many, under such adverse times and conditions.
We salute you!!! Viva La Raza xVx
MonMouth — Blog 2007 is still writing smut, to the delight of perverts who like nothing better than to see a helpless noun pummelling away at a verb, lubricated by adjectives. In the spirit of the Marquis de Sade, he's greeting economic ruin and recession by having more kinky sex and blogging about it.
Candida Royalle — Lifetime Achievement 2007 Candida Royalle’s Natural Contours® (natural-contours.com) recently launched an adorable creamy pink soft-coated vibe called the Petite Pink Ribbon™. A portion of the sales proceeds go towards a progressive educational and resource charity called Breast Cancer Action (BCA.org). Candida’s most recent film release, “AfroDite Superstar™”, the first to be launched from her Femme Productions® off-shoot, Femme Chocolat™, has been screened at several film festivals around the world including the Rated X Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival, the Los Angeles Erotic Film Fest and the PornFilmFestivalBerlin
abbywinters.com – Website 2007 Record Breaking 19 All Girl Shoot
Melbourne, Australia/4 February 2009 - Famous for their innovative “Nude
Yoga” shoot starring 15 Australian amateur models, abbywinters.com now
introduces “Nude Step Aerobics” with a massive cast of 19 models.
Shot in Melbourne, Australia, abbywinters.com thankfully leaves out the old high top white sneakers and neon sweatbands in favour of 100% nudity. The 40 minute long video showcases each girl’s natural curves as they dance, step and shake their naked bodies to a sweaty peak. The natural bounce of
each girl’s breasts is proof of just how real all the girls are on abbywinters.com – absolutely no fake breasts in sight!
Download the trailer:FLV File - Flash Player Required (3.14MB)
http://press.abbywinters.com/video/abbywinters_g_step_aerobics_girls.flv
Euphrasie — Sex Worker 2008 I am getting a lot of healing-massage work and very little escorting, which is great, as it is what I enjoy most doing, and what I want to be doing in the long term. I am also thinking of quitting escorting full stop but my life hasn't quite got there yet. I am meeting a lot of wonderful people, the more as time passes; the clients my site attracts are more in tune with themselves also, with more integrity than the people I used to meet in the past when I first started. www.euphrasie.co.uk
Katie Sarra — Artist 2008 I am in gratitude for my Golden Cock Award and love him and all he represents in celebrating my work with people's journeys with their bodies and sexuality. He is beside me now at my desk and I'm all of a flutter looking at him. It would though be gilding the lily to put him where we might imagine! This Award is precious to me and I feel so valued by it. It is giving me immense pleasure in my expansion as an artist and woman. Something I've been working on in response to a magazine feature since the Awards is articulating what I do, the thing I didn't express at the NOTS being so overwhelmed with thanks and joy! So I have begun to answer the question given to me "What is Tantric painting?"
"Tan" is ones soul, ones spirit, ones divinity. "Tra" is the bringing closer. Tan Tric painting is my practice in Sacred Sexuality as an artist working energetically with the person or couple, inviting them into a relationship that potentially brings them closer towards their own divinity through the process of witnessing and mirroring. I embody this dynamic relationship onto canvas with Oil Paint. I paint from the heart and sex. It is the sexual charge that fires my paintbrush! It is when I feel most alive as every moment is charged with energetic connection with the model's body. It has been described by some of the people who I've painted as like making love or having an erotic massage without touch. My brush is energetically connected with every curve and shadow. There is no need to hide, the model's skin and curves and flesh can blossom and glow and I paint that. I am giving total permission without judgement for the model to enter into a charged high-energy relationship safely with the opportunity to explore his/her emotions in relation to voyeurism and exhibitionism with their body. What I paint are the energetic responses communicated in the emergent relationship. We can play in this space and explore and potentially heal self-conscious inhibitions. Each relationship is unique and universal like giving birth.
I have many hopes and plans this year with unknown discoveries, openings and explorations in every moment! I am hosting an open invitation to a multi faceted day on May 16th at my Old Car Wash Studio Gallery and Red Tent Temple, initiating a South West Outsiders group here in Devon. Tuppy is flying in with her cape of sexual celebration in all its diversity and universality and there will be, delicious food, music and Playback Theatre for sharing stories on the Sananyu Car Ramp Stage and lounging with optional belly dancing in the Arabian Nights Room.
There will be hopefully Islands of Pleasure at Glastonbury Festival where members of Outsiders can offer gifts to the festival guests in the Disability Field. Everyone decides what gift they would like to give and for how long. These might include an Island where you can receive flirtatious winks, an Island of Massage, an Island of Compliments and I will be creating a Boudoir Island where you can be painted of course! I am exhibiting with the Association of Erotic Artists in the Bodhi Gallery, Brick lane in February. My Tantric landscapes and Sea Scapes are exhibiting at Cedar Farm Galleries in Mawdesley from February. I am open to considering all exhibitionistic invitations!
I am also delighted to be assisting on the Shakti Tantra program this year working with Sue Newsome, Sex Worker of the Year, which is a great honour. It would be lovely to see some of you at our workshops as well as lounging in my Red Tent Boudoir, being painted!
Katie Sarra, The Old Car wash Gallery, Saranyu Stage and Red Tent Temple. 33a St Peters Street. Tiverton. Devon. EX16 6NW. 01884 242 79907968 473006 www.katiesarra.com www.sarralandscapes.com
June 08
Chiqui (Striptease Artist 2006) strips in front of 40,000 people at The Life Ball, AIDS fund-raiser in Vienna and joins the editorial team at the Erotic Review.
June 08
Jean-Daniel Cadinot (Film-maker 2006) dies of a heart attack.
May 08
The Pleasure Project (Campaigner 2005) publishes its 2nd Edition of The Global Mapping of Pleasure, downloadable on http://www.thepleasureproject.org./section6
May O8
Kinky Salon's Justin Allen (Club 2008) holding Dossie Easton workshops in London
Following a sold-out taster workshop in May, the legendary Dossie Easton returns to London in September to lead a 2-day intensive in Radical Ecstasy. This remarkable workshop brings together BDSM and tantra and has never been taught before in England.
Over the course of a beautiful weekend Dossie unlocks the potential of BDSM as a sacred practice. This 2-day intensive gives participants an in-depth experience of this extraordinary work. Dossie will share her many decades of expertise using an experiential approach.
Dossie writes: We are planning to journey to the intersection of BDSM and tantra, which Janet & I have written about in our book Radical Ecstasy. We will start with basic exercises, breath and safety, then move onto connection and ecstatic practice. All exercises have a range of possibilities suitable for newcomers and experienced players; for intimates, and for total strangers. Our focus is on energy, connection, transcendent states of consciousness.
Radical Ecstasy is taking place on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September. This remarkable event will sell out in advance – almost half the places are already taken. If you would like to find out more please visit www.DossieEastonLondon.com; or download a call for participants at:
http://www.dossieeastonlondon.com/radx_call.doc
May 08
Backlash (Campaigner 2006) and Spanner Trust (Derek Cohen was Campaigner 2007) lose battle to protect Extreme Pornography as it becomes illegal in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2008. Deborah Hyde and her team put in an enormous amount of work and continues to campaign – see www.backlash-uk.org.uk
April 08
Maria Beatty gains more awards for her Silken Sleeves, (Independent Film 2007)
Cine Kink Film Festival NYC, prize Best Experimental Feature Film 2008 (USA); Pioneer Theater, NYC, January 2008 (USA); and Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival; prize Best Director 2007 and Best Domme 2007 (Spain)
March 08
Lily Dumont (Performance Artist 2006) accepted onto the Masters course to study Sexual Dissidence at the University of Sussex.
February 08
Eleni Stephani (Outsiders Award 2006) wins Volunteer of the Year award in Islington.
January 08
Tania Glyde (Midnight SexTalk - Innovation 2005) has her latest book published and serialised in the Sunday Times – Cleaning Up, How I Gave Up Drinking And Lived is published by Serpent's Tail.
See www.taniaglyde.com and www.amazon.co.uk
January 08
Maria Beatty’s Silken Sleeves (winner Independent Film 2007) won best experimental feature film at the CineKink Film Festival in NYC, and won Best Director and Best Domme at the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival in 2007.
January 08
Katie Wiltshire (Playshop – Event 2007) appointed development officer for the Outsiders West Country Group
December 07
Michael Forbes (Artist 2007) exhibited with Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Damian Hurst in I'm in the Mood for Pop at the Opera Gallery, Bond Street, London.
November 07
Desire Magazine (Publication 2002) bought by Trojan Publishing, with Ian Jackson and Lesley Ann Sharrock staying as editors.
September 07
Sarah Vernon, aka Gypsy Charms (Campaigner 2007 and Striptease Artist 2005), succeeds in getting ban on striptease dropped in Scotland.
August 07
Disabled activist and writer Penny Boot (Outsiders Award 1999) performs a striptease at the Edinburgh Festival.
June 07
Alan Cassidy, who created the fetish website What'sYours.com (Website 2001), met his wife at the Night of the Senses and together they set up Coffee Cake and Kink (Innovation 2004) and are now currently struggling to keep the lease in this prestigious Covent Garden location.
October 06
Ebony Pru (Sex Worker 2006) spoke at the Different Strokes AGM in London about doing work with disabled clients, and the TLC site she has set up to that end.
March 06
Bob Carlos Clarke (Shooting Sex, Publication 2005) ended his life by running in front of train at a level crossing near Barnes in London.