7/19/2007

‘Gips’ love in the MEDICAL ART ZONE

I was stuck in a Japanese hospital two years ago with extremely broken leg for months, and I really needed to find an online store that offered higher quality, large-diameter, natural rubber, crutch tips so I would not slip on wet floors.
Somehow the Google Search keywords I used looking for rubber crutch tips brought me to a “Casters” website, castfetish.com, for people who are turned on by wearing various kinds of unneeded plaster casts. The people were into “medical play”– bondage involving wrap submissives plaster casting materials, duct tape, and quicksetting bandages. These are called “Gips” (ギプス) in Japanese (coming from the medical German term for gypsum/plaster-of-paris casts). Check out: gipsgips.com (Castgirls of Japan).

I wish I would have gladly forgotten about all of this, but today I ran across this French website of the artist Romain SLOCOMBE for plaster cast fetishes featuring Japanese models called, “MEDICAL ART ZONE.”

View more pictures this “medical art HERE.

UPDATE: My friend “Mulboyne” writes:
Wani Books has just released a new book of “Kegadol” - idols sporting bandaged arms and eyes. This appears to be a cross between the meganekko (girls with glasses) and mask fetish shots that are already widely available. Bandages are a popular part of some goth loli outfits… Wani Books say their collection puts a “moe” spin on this trend.

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1. Jerome Says:
   July 19th, 2007 at 11:59 pm

   Often read your blog, but never posted…The photos are from Romain Slocombe i think, he is a “multi skilled artist”. I particularly like his novels in the “film noir genre”.
   All his novels take place in Japan and mix history, yakuza stuff, with a fetishist photographer non-hero!…really good and funny(sometimes), don’t know if there are english versions….

2. Taro Says:
   July 20th, 2007 at 12:25 am

   Oops I forgot to mention Romain Slocombe by name, and only gave the link to his website. Here’s some of the infomation he gives about his life and work.

   Romain SLOCOMBE
   About me:
   Born in 1953 in Paris, Romain Slocombe studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Paris), where he met the future members of the graphic group BAZOOKA. From 1977, frequent travels to Japan made this country his main source of inspiration. Slocombe created « Medical Art » in 1983 with his book published by editions Temps Futurs. He switched to photography in 1992, and exhibited his portraits of Japanese girls in bandages and casts in many galleries, in France and abroad (New York, London, Stockholm, Tokyo, Sendai, Bologna, etc). His main exhibitions in Japan took place at THE DEEP gallery (Tokyo) and ICHINENKAN gallery (Sendai).
   From 1995, he filmed several videos in Japan : UN MONDE FLOTTANT (60 mn), featuring Nobuyoshi Araki and Masaaki Toyoura, TOKYO LOVE (90 mn), LA FEMME DE PLATRE (14 mn), and WEEK-END IN TOKYO (21 mn), which received awards in many film festivals, and was shown on French and British television. From 2000, Slocombe wrote several novels, most of them published by éditions Gallimard. He also translated from English to French the History of Japanese Cinema by Donald Richie (éditions du Rocher, 2005). Romain Slocombe staged several performances of Medical Art, in Tokyo, New York, and recently in Lyon with Buto dancer and actress Yoko Higashi.

   TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MY WORK, MODELS, AND ARTIST FRIENDS, CLICK ON : “voir : + de photos” (regularly updated / all photos by R Slocombe, except his portraits, by Daïske, D. Carton, Yoichi Nagata, etc)
   OTHER PLACES TO VISIT : http://www.primalinea.com/slocombe/portfolio/(some paintings and video extracts)
   http://www.primalinea.com/slocombe/news/(info about some books and exhibitions)
   http://www.anneezero.net/romain-slocombe/ http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/features/slocombe/slocombe.asp

3. Taro Says:
   July 28th, 2007 at 12:49 am

   The 3Yen’s sponsor JLIST.com describes the Kegadol - “injured idol” scene like this:

   A great way to enjoy cosplay
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   Almost everyone has an eye infection or disease at some point [in Japan], and for that reason eyepatches are a common sight. Recently eye-patches have become a staple in anime culture as well, with eyepatch wearing characters appearing in such anime as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Battle Vixens, Lone Wolf and Cub, Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, D.Gray Man and others, where an eyepatch adds something mysterious and distinctive to the character. This is a real eyepatch that’s easy on the eyes, fully adjustable and comes with two pads. Whether you need it for an eye injury or for cosplay, this is the perfect eyepatch for your needs. Just adjust and fit the straps around your ears, with breathing holes to let air get through and gauze to stop dust and airborne particles from getting inside.
   

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