The funny thing is, I ran into Amelia Mae Paradise on MUNI one day last week while coming home from a meeting downtown; she recognized me and said she’d put me on the list for a Folsom party she’d be throwing on the eve of last Sunday’s Folsom Street Fair — the Perverse Cabaret. When she sent me the lineup, I knew I *had* to go! I shot this Flickr set of photos and the two videos below (and please excuse the fact that I was steadying my camera above the crowd on my plastic cup!):
Scenes from the Perverse Cabaret v.1: curiosities from The Inverted Eye, artist Suzanne Rachel Forbes doing fetish sketch art, and a burlesque performance by the Diamond Daggers — perfect for today (Rosh Hashanah), as it features two very nice Jewish girls.
Scenes from the Perverse Cabaret v.2: Mommy Minax giving spankings, and a wonderful song performance by Alotta Boutte.
I was especially delighted to finally meet Alix from The Inverted Eye, and Suzanne Rachel Forbes, a former court sketch artist for ABC and now live documents fetish events. Suzanne and I chatted, and I got to peek at her sketchbook, wow! Don’t miss Forbes’ Flickr photo stream. Here she is in action sketching Alex, and below is the final product.
Hi Violet! Thanks again for the lovely write-up! I’ll be painting models at my home studio this week and for the couple weeks (before the holiday portrait rush starts!) and I’ll be at these events this month:
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if you will be at them and want to chat about the interview for the Chronicle. You are very welcome to come to the studio and watch me paint hot girls in latex!