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‘The Pain Is Part of the Process’: Why Two Artists Are Pushing Body Modification to the Extreme
Many men and women aren’t positive what to make of Tiamat Legion Medusa, the self-described most body-modified transexual in the world, who has transitioned not only from male to feminine, but from human to reptile. But for Carlos Motta, a Colombian artist whose practice is dedicated to documenting techniques of tough societal norms about sexuality and gender, it was instantly obvious he was encountering an artist. Soon after conference, the two were being building designs to stage a effectiveness piece jointly, combining Motta’s expertise in Shibari rope bondage with Medusa’s interest in suspensions, which let the physique to hang from metal hooks inserted into the skin. More than the program of…