S IS FOR STRANGLEErotic asphyxiation or breath control play is the intentional restri

S IS FOR STRANGLEErotic asphyxiation or breath control play is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. The sexual practice is variously called asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, hypoxyphilia. Colloquially, a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper. Various methods are used to achieve the level of oxygen depletion needed, such as a hanging, suffocation with a plastic bag over the head, self-strangulation such as with aligature, gas or volatile solvents, chest compression, or some combination of these. Sometimes, complicated devices are used to produce the desired effects. The practice can be dangerous even if performed with care and has resulted in a significant number of accidental deaths, including personalities such as Michael Hutchence of rock band INXS; his death was ruled as suicide by the coroner but was believed by his family and partner to be the result of autoerotic asphyxia. Reverend Gary Aldridge, of Montgomery’s Thorington Road Baptist Church, died June 24, 2007 from “accidental mechanical asphyxia”; he was found hogtied, wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear, and a head mask. To count down the 9 days to M°BA 13, celebrated Dutch photographer Ruud van der Peijl is sharing his Fetish Alphabet with us, exploring the full gamut of fetishism from A to Z. These images will also be exhibited in Lidewij Edelkoort’s MOOD ROOM at M°BA CENTRAAL from June 9 to July 21, 2013. A limited edition of 25 signed and numbered ultra chrome prints for each letter is available at the pop-up Athenaeum bookstore at MoBA 13 and through www.ruudvanderpeijl.com individual prints : €50 complete alphabet (26 prints) : €1.000 size: 42cm X 54,5 cm each print photography & styling: Ruud van der Peijl generously supported by: Fotolab, Amsterdam © rvanderpeijl -- source link
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