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This is a Hogtied.com (part of Kink Unlimited) photo, via Kinky Delight:

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There’s a surprisingly candid personal history of The Upper Floor project on Peter Acworth’s blog. Selling so much porn you can eventually buy a castle and fill it up with willing slavegirls? Who among us hasn’t toyed with that notion, am I right? But Acworth actually did it, sort of, subject as always to the commercial and social constraints of our time, and while he doesn’t deny it had its moments, it didn’t really work out to be as awesome as you might think:

Prior to the Upper Floor project, I had kept relatively good boundaries between work and private life. I never performed on camera, and had a separate set of friends outside of work. By this stage of the Upper Floor project, however, these boundaries gradually eroded, and from my perspective life gradually lost authenticity. I lost the separation between my business and personal life, together with a sense of distinction between my public and private persona. When I interacted with guests who came to The Upper Floor, I played the ‘King of the Castle’ role on camera, but this was also the core of my social life. I ceased to know the basis of these relationship – were these people my actual friends or not? I also performed sexually on camera with the paid models and/or with guests. I would hang out with employees, guests and models after shoots were done. I rarely hung out with people from the outside world. I certainly struggled to date, which, I now realize, may have had something to do with the fact that there was a camera in my bathroom.

I began to question my motives for having created this space. Why was there a giant portrait of me wearing a tuxedo in a gold frame? Was I building a fantasy from a book or was this a quest for fame and was my ego the primary driving force? The more public my life was, the more alone I became. I had once in the past hosted weekly parties where hoards of people would come and enjoy free drinks I paid for. Were my motivations back then similar? These experience was starting to make me question who I was and how I had got there.

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So, ultimately, the early phases were very much a learning process. Everyone, including myself, moved out in early 2011, and there are no plans to resurrect the idea of a ‘resident’ performer. JP continued to direct in my absence for a while, and James Mogul moved back in 2012 to take the project back. Models are now contracted for fixed periods of time to do defined performance activities for the camera. They know when to switch their on-camera personas on and off. Everyone involved knows what is expected of them and are able to keep healthy boundaries between their work and personal lives. At the end of a day’s work, everyone steps out of the fantasy and goes home. Modelling, administrative and production roles are deliberately kept separate.

In a situation like the Upper Floor, we have learned that it is better, more effective, and healthier to put on a show for the customers and extras who come into our world as opposed to striving for authenticity all of the time. There is magic in theater and authenticity in the joy of being in a fantasy. We are all capable and eager to let our imaginations run free — much as happens when one reads a book.

For fans of the Armory itself, Peter also just blogged about the very slow and expensive project to turn the Drill Floor space back into a community venue.

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Here’s Cherry Torn getting her nipples warmed up:

From Wired Pussy, via the Electrosex Blog.

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I’ve always been a sucker for ornate and overly-complex metal bondage hardware. The new shackles and chains at The Upper Floor definitely fill the bill, especially when worn by Cherry Torn (who, I’ve always been convinced, is probably A Very Bad Girl of whom Our Mothers Would Not Approve. And I like her a lot better with the “new” dark hair, too.)

You can see a lot more of the chains (and of Cherry) here.

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Painful bondage crawling by Cherry Torn, as seen at Chanta’s Bitches via Kinky Delight:

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Meet the lovely Cherry Torn, geared up in latex for latrine duty in the Training of O men’s room:

She also gives good service once the rubber comes off.

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Last October I linked to an article about Kink.com in which we learned a little bit about the plans the company founder, Peter Acworth, has for making kinky use of more of Kink.com’s excellent former armory facility in San Francisco. In the article, we learned that:

In the spirit of community and BDSM as a lifestyle, Acworth wants to transform the armory’s top floor into a series of Victorian/Georgian-inspired rooms where couples will live and fuck on camera 24-7. Participants will be given hierarchical positions — from maid to master of the house — and live according to the rules of domination and submission. Acworth’s already started designing the grand dining room, inspired by the sets in Remains of the Day, including candelabras, elaborate draperies, and, of course, a long, long table. “I consider it the pinnacle of where everything comes together,” he says.

Now comes word that this rich fantasy setup will be called The Upper Floor. However, one of the first related events is happening tomorrow (Friday March 13):

On March 13th, TheTrainingofO.com will be broadcasting a LIVE one-of-a-kind dinner party where members will join Peter Acworth, the Kink.com directors, Dominatrix Maitress Madeline and Guest of Honor Laura Antoniou (author of The MarketPlace Series) as they welcome the first official trainees that have petitioned The House to enter the Slave Class of Service on The Upper Floor, Kink.com’s upcoming 24/7 reality space. Subscribers will have the chance to put applicants Satine Phoenix, and Cherry Torn to the ultimate test, and help decide whether or not they deserve to be admitted to service. Members will also have the opportunity to participate in an initiation ceremony should any of the trainees prove worthy of service. Access to the standard-definition video is FREE to all users at no cost. To view the high-definition video and participate in the live chat users must have a Training of O subscription membership.

This is the first time (that I know of) that they’ve done a free show. It sounds like a good time!