Do I drive or am I driven, 2019
Chocolate, screws, 22 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm / ´Let´s not..´
After an intensive session with a dominatrix, the car door handle is the clients first contact with and grip on something real. A car is a place of transition and transformation leading the visitor back to "normal" life.
A car door handle, cast in chocolate, is installed low down on the wall, only 25cm from the floor in the exhibition. In dungeons there are different rooms for specific BDSM fantasies and practices. In completely tiled and easily washable spaces known as wet rooms, handles and supports are attached to the walls at different heights offering a variety of positioning and fixation possibilities, for example, the fixation of the role of living toilet in the Dirty Games category. Some clients also receive a special treat or souvenir from the dominatrix, like filled candies or lollipops, that can be enjoyed in their cars on their way home.
Photo: Tamara Lorenz, Selma Gültoprak
Installation view: Martinetz