Travis King – Hooked on the Pain of Love

Name of Artist: Travis King

Title of Piece: Hooked on the Pain of Love

About the Piece: This piece comes from the very beginning of my relationship with Hannah she took the photo while i was the installation/subject, this is the day we came together learning from this experience of pushing through and moving past what i what i thought was my limit, at the time I didn’t know it but it was setting me up to be able to deal with living with Hannah and her condition. Love knows no boundaries

Pulling is a form of flesh hook play where the participant(s) use their own strength and weight to put pressure on the Flesh Hook(s), offering a very different feeling to suspension since the participant has much more control over what is happening (this is both good and bad, depending on what the goal is).

This is the basis of the piece i had two 6 gauge (5mm) hooks
Through the skin in my back, hooked to a line to lift weight from the floor via a point in the ceiling ie. Pulling, with each increase in weight the more the pain becomes the harder you have to work to push your through it to move forward.

This to me is like watching Hannah struggle through the pain
Everyday.

Having done this it helps me understand and gives me an appreciation of what people with Fibro go through in their day to day lives.

About the Artist: I choose to put myself in the way of pain to overcome and push my boundaries via a few different means, Like living with my partner who has fibro everyday is a challenge, living with her has taught me how to grow as a person. Hence my metamorphosis form boy to man.