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MAPING THE USER
EVRYONES 50 SINGS COMBINE
John Willie
→artist, photographer, writer, publisher
→wife: shared the bonding hobby, did photoshoots together, divorced
→habit: took nude bondage photos of his models for his private collection, drew from them, when he was satisfied with the drawings, he painted on clothes
→Miss Maggie - Willie's alter ego? he enjoyed wearing silk stockings - his feminine side showing (perhaps), signed letters to friends with that pseudonim
❞it is bad to bottle up the >bizarre< which, left unexplored, can cause problems❞
❞I don't like extreme cruelty...I simply add as much as is needed to correct disobedience. Discomfort in bondage helps increase the realisation of helplessness.❞
→1961: falls ill, destroys all of his archives
→august 5, 1962 - dies.
→1946 - "Bizarre" is established, 20 issues published until 1957 (move to NYC)
some of Willie's models: Betty Page, Bunny Yeager, Judy Ann Dull, Lorraine Virgil
Irving Klaw - photographer (fetish, bdsm), published erotic comics (by Eric Stanton, Gene Bilbrew, Adolf Ruiz and more)
Steve Ditko - worked with Stan Lee (creator of Spider-Man & Doctor Strange)
Fakir Musafar (Roland Loomis) - publisher of "Body Play", american performance artisr, considered to be one of the founders of modern primitive/urban primitive movement
Gene Bilbrew - african-american cartoonist & "bizarre art" pioneer, "the first black career artist in history", contributed to a comic series by DC Comics; "The Spirit", pseudonimes: ENEG, Van Rod, Bondy
Adolf Ruiz - mexican fetish artist, works published in Irving Klaw's magazines
Edward Mishkin - Times Square bookstore operator, pirated Klaw's magazines
Stanley Malkin - ???, publisher?, order by mail seller, "questionable repute", mysterious persona
the Sturman Brothers - Joe S. - publisher of "Satans Press", Reuben S. - pornographer
R.E.B.
the Manhattanite
Willie
= one of many pseudonimes used in the environment
slaverette - woman as mistress
hydrophilia - "the art of getting wet (water) while being fully clothed"
modern primitive/urban primitive - movement of people from well developped countries who engage in rituals of various body modifications, rites of passage and more, taken from, how they call them, "primitive" cultures.
eg. of body modifications performed: bodily ornamentation, tattooing, piercing, play piercing (enjoying the fact of being pierced rather than the outcome of it), corset training, scarification, branding (burning a mark onto ones' skin), suspension, cutting
the "primitive" actions are taken out of their original cultural contexts specifically to be reinterpreted in a "modern" cultural setting (sounds like plain cultural appropriation......)
magazines:
➝Taboo
➝Wink
➝Exotique
➝Pleasure Parade
➝Satan Press
➝Body Play
books:
➝Modern Primitives by V.Vale
➝The Transformations of Gwen by Eric Kroll
-stockings
-high heels (6 inches>)
-bows
-frills
-corsets
-gartiers
-ankle straps
-rope
-leather
-gloves
-gags
-tight-fitting skirts
-high waisted lingerie
-bonded arms (behind the body)
-high boots, tight fitting
-posture training corsets etc.
-lined stockings (eg. one line on the back of the leg, all the way from heel to the top)
➝the fetish scene is more art-oriented than I initially thought, it thrived because of the erotic art, fueled the sexual, bonding (and other) fantasies of the adult comic books and magazines readers, as well as providing with new ideas, thanks to the artists, who fleshed them out
➝bdsm field is surprisingly not as sexual act focused as I thought - the whole point of it is the performance, costumes and consensual acts between people
➝the fetish, bonding etc. art rarely depicts an actual sexual or even romantic (eg. kissing) acts
➝a lot of the motives from the bdsm and fetish community transferred into the mainstream culture
eg.: very high heels, fishnets, pencil skirts, corsets, harnesses, piercings, tattoos, queer community, subcultures (though these 2 aren't that mainstream) - to name a FEW
➝motives also seen in popculture
eg.: super heroes aesthetics, fashion, illustrations and art in general, magic performances scene, movies, music videos, PIN-UP(!) - to again name a FEW
User can be active or passive, depending on the type of interaction, one side of the interaction (system/user) can for eg. input information, benefiting the other side
other types of interactions could be: give-take (exchange), onesided, content input (creating a platform for artists/creatives/sellers etc.), database (user browses through it and finds information they need)
What is an interface? (how it can work, users)
Notes, Gabrielle's class (16/04)
WHO IS THE USER?, how to design and research an interface (tips and things to keep in mind)
• based on their tastes (eg. likes minimal design)
• stereotypes & connotations (toast ⤍ breakfast)
the collection:
！color code (eg. interactive, user obtains info only, both users benefit from the interactions etc.)
Research based on a book "Best of >Bizarre<" by Eric Kroll
The book is written by a person who was an enthusiast of the fetish art scene and personally knew iconic artists such as John Willie, Eric Stanton or a publisher Irving Klaw.
zuzia drawings
typed notes (the most important parts of the traditionally written ones):
VISUAL KEYS
Conclsion / thoughts
User reserch
‣ what is an interface? (class notes)
‣ types of sex workers
‣ class notes (Gabrielle)
▶book "Best of >Bizarre<" by Eric Kroll, NOTES;PICTURES ETC.