Sandra Jogeva

THE YEAR OF THE DOMINATRIX


2007
INSTALLATION

The installation is based on my actual experience of working as a dominatrix
from November 2005 to November 2006:

It contains of the series of 300 g chocolate bars; with the wrappers
with the photos of a typical S&M session with two most frequent types of
clients. First would be a young
neurotic guy - an aesthete not capable for real relationships with women.
 He is both lusting and despising women at the same time. The second type
would be a
slightly bored and frustrated middle-aged businessman; stressed out,
wishing to take a break from his everyday routine. S&M sessions were highly
sexual, yet at the same time innocent encounters
of strangers in discrete hotel rooms, yet, in my case, they have been the
most
rewarding meetings with different individuals from various levels of the
society. They have illuminated profoundly my undrestanding of human
character.
as well the nature of a typical Estonian male:

There are also texts on the wrappers of chocolate bars - extracts from my
diary
of that period of my life describing the most meaningful encounters:

Photos: Terje Ugandi
Design: Semele Sangla

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SANDRA JÕGEVA