In this performance, I wanted to bring kink back to its roots in play – messy, joyful, and a little ridiculous. While the talented shibari artist Beatrice Gigliuto wrapped me in rope and bent me in and out of shapes, I – a wide-eyed clown – responded to her. When she hit me playfully, I blew into the gag I’d fashioned out of a harmonica. It all culminated in a pie to the face.

I like to think of the Clown as a kind of bimbofication – a transformation where you are reduced to a silly, concentrated, exaggerated self who only exists to perform and entertain.

This piece was a celebration of kink performance as something that can be silly, tender, and joyful. A reminder that domination doesn’t have to be cold, and submission doesn’t have to be stoic. Sometimes, getting what you want means getting humiliated – and grinning through the whipped cream.