An interesting exhibition I saw today

[peachykeen]

Some of you may know me from the GB or How-to boards. I don't post here genreally as BDSM isn't my particular thing but I saw this thing today that some of you might find interesting.

There is an exhibit about the subject of 'pain' on at the Science Museum in London entitled "Pain: Passion, Compassion, Sensibility" that I found very interesting. Although not the bulk of the show, it does touch on ideas of pain-as-pleasure, and one of the more thought-provoking exhibits (I thought) was one which visually featured a collection of phone-box prostitute advertisement flyers that focussed on dominance/punishment etc, with an audio track of reading from some religious texts about Christian martyrs and what they describe as their 'ecstasy of torture', with passages like "...and as I felt the tails of their whips cut into me I felt myself lifted, brought into a higher plane of love within myself for my Lord, that I would serve him without complaint..." and suchlike.

Anyway, I found it very interesting, even though as I said it's not my thing, so I thought I'd share. For those of you in the greater London area, I recommend checking it out, it was an interesting show.

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/pain/exhibition.html

 

[s'lara]

Peachy, thanks for dropping in with this information. i think myself and others will find it a fascinating topic for discussion.

Glad you dropped by the board.

lara

P.S. This pic is from the exhibit. Good stuff. "... dusky Highness." i wonder what the blurred out portion says.

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/pain/sensibility3_l.jpg

 

[cellis]

Thanks for sharing the link, peachy... I found it most interesting.