Marquis
Jack Dawkins
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Warning: there are a lot of plugs in this post.
This came up in the ATL littogether thread, but I didn't want to get too into it there for the sake of not hijacking. However, I had to cancel my plans because of a very special opportunity presented to me the same weekend.
A little background first. A few years ago I modeled for a t-shirt company here in Miami. At the time I was kinda new to the BDSM scene, but I had the idea to make t-shirts with bdsm themes on it and did so with the help of RJMasters. Less than a year ago, I incorporated and launched my website Marquis DeSigns
I've had limited success so far, but I have a day job and haven't had as much time to work on marketing and promotions as I'd like.
Anyway, sort of at the same time as this, I got the opportunity to write for an online sex magazine, LittleFetish. The editor who brought me in split soon after that and she is starting a new online magazine of her own, TruFetish, to be focused more on BDSM/fetish than vanilla sex. She has asked me to be a staff writer. I love to write about BDSM and would love to do more BDSM writing in the future, so I gladly accepted.
Now, she is friends with this guy who started making a coffee table book of some of the best erotic art in the international scene and he asked her to be a part of the Miami edition of his international launch party, Art Undressed
She, in turn, asked me to come up with a scene to perform. I was extremely hesitant at first, because although I have played at parties before, this is way way above and beyond anything I've ever done. She and other friends of mine in the community were very supportive however and encouraged me to come up with something. I think I had like two days to get a pitch together.
I wanted to do something, original, sexy and artistic. I brainstormed and eventually wrote up the following proposal:
Jeanne’s Gift
Jeanne’s Gift is an erotic performance designed specifically for Art Undressed. It is presented by Marquis, a lifestyle fetishist and Venusian Artist, with the assistance of his two beautiful partners. It offers the audience a remarkably intimate look into this unique relationship, giving a visual illustration of BDSM and polyamory in an elegant and avant-garde fashion. Named after Jeanne d'Arc, it evokes in the audience the eroticism of self-sacrifice.
Jeanne’s Gift begins with wrapping the subject from head to toe in brightly colored plastics, mummifying her completely. Unlike traditional forms of bondage, even the slightest of movements becomes impossible in this position, creating an incredibly powerful bond between the submissive and dominant that will be palpable for the audience. Marquis and assistant will then begin carefully cutting out circles in the wrap with a scalpel, simulating the removing of a second skin and slowly exposing choice pieces of her nude body.
The unveiling is then enhanced by the use of fire cupping, an ancient practice which uses heat to create circular points of suction on the subject’s body. This creates an incredible duality, as the protection and restriction of the mummification is juxtaposed with the stark exposure of the flesh being pulled from her body, seen through the perfect clarity of the clear cups.
But sex and art is not something only to be seen and admired. What makes Jeanne’s Gift truly revolutionary is that each cup will be attached to a cord which will be given to a member of the audience. They will be encouraged to tug lightly, and observe the effect they have on the subject. As the audience becomes a part of the performance, the energy in the room will be electrifying. The crescendo occurs when Marquis asks the audience to pull all the cups off in unison. The subject experiences an indescribable sensation as all the pressure points are released at once and the cups fall safely to the padded ground.
Jeanne’s Gift presents the audience a memorably visceral experience, a visual and tactile embodiment of the tension and release inherent in all sexuality.
It was not only accepted, but we've been asked to perform on both nights. This is a great opportunity for me to get my name out there more and promote my writing and my fashion line.
But more importantly, it's a chance for me to share with the world my passion for the art of BDSM and the two women who have come to support me in everything I do.
You can check the last page of my pic thread for rehearsal pics.
This came up in the ATL littogether thread, but I didn't want to get too into it there for the sake of not hijacking. However, I had to cancel my plans because of a very special opportunity presented to me the same weekend.
A little background first. A few years ago I modeled for a t-shirt company here in Miami. At the time I was kinda new to the BDSM scene, but I had the idea to make t-shirts with bdsm themes on it and did so with the help of RJMasters. Less than a year ago, I incorporated and launched my website Marquis DeSigns
I've had limited success so far, but I have a day job and haven't had as much time to work on marketing and promotions as I'd like.
Anyway, sort of at the same time as this, I got the opportunity to write for an online sex magazine, LittleFetish. The editor who brought me in split soon after that and she is starting a new online magazine of her own, TruFetish, to be focused more on BDSM/fetish than vanilla sex. She has asked me to be a staff writer. I love to write about BDSM and would love to do more BDSM writing in the future, so I gladly accepted.
Now, she is friends with this guy who started making a coffee table book of some of the best erotic art in the international scene and he asked her to be a part of the Miami edition of his international launch party, Art Undressed
She, in turn, asked me to come up with a scene to perform. I was extremely hesitant at first, because although I have played at parties before, this is way way above and beyond anything I've ever done. She and other friends of mine in the community were very supportive however and encouraged me to come up with something. I think I had like two days to get a pitch together.
I wanted to do something, original, sexy and artistic. I brainstormed and eventually wrote up the following proposal:
Jeanne’s Gift
Jeanne’s Gift is an erotic performance designed specifically for Art Undressed. It is presented by Marquis, a lifestyle fetishist and Venusian Artist, with the assistance of his two beautiful partners. It offers the audience a remarkably intimate look into this unique relationship, giving a visual illustration of BDSM and polyamory in an elegant and avant-garde fashion. Named after Jeanne d'Arc, it evokes in the audience the eroticism of self-sacrifice.
Jeanne’s Gift begins with wrapping the subject from head to toe in brightly colored plastics, mummifying her completely. Unlike traditional forms of bondage, even the slightest of movements becomes impossible in this position, creating an incredibly powerful bond between the submissive and dominant that will be palpable for the audience. Marquis and assistant will then begin carefully cutting out circles in the wrap with a scalpel, simulating the removing of a second skin and slowly exposing choice pieces of her nude body.
The unveiling is then enhanced by the use of fire cupping, an ancient practice which uses heat to create circular points of suction on the subject’s body. This creates an incredible duality, as the protection and restriction of the mummification is juxtaposed with the stark exposure of the flesh being pulled from her body, seen through the perfect clarity of the clear cups.
But sex and art is not something only to be seen and admired. What makes Jeanne’s Gift truly revolutionary is that each cup will be attached to a cord which will be given to a member of the audience. They will be encouraged to tug lightly, and observe the effect they have on the subject. As the audience becomes a part of the performance, the energy in the room will be electrifying. The crescendo occurs when Marquis asks the audience to pull all the cups off in unison. The subject experiences an indescribable sensation as all the pressure points are released at once and the cups fall safely to the padded ground.
Jeanne’s Gift presents the audience a memorably visceral experience, a visual and tactile embodiment of the tension and release inherent in all sexuality.
It was not only accepted, but we've been asked to perform on both nights. This is a great opportunity for me to get my name out there more and promote my writing and my fashion line.
But more importantly, it's a chance for me to share with the world my passion for the art of BDSM and the two women who have come to support me in everything I do.
You can check the last page of my pic thread for rehearsal pics.
