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    And Then Come The Hooks!

    Mexican artist Beto Rea introduces us to the art of body suspension. Discover more about pain, spirituality and endorphins.

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    "And then come the hooks": Mexican artist Beto Rea introduces us to the art of body suspension. Discover more about pain, spirituality and endorphins.

    Suspension was used as ritual by native inhabitants to put their bodies in a meditative state. During the act of suspension the human body is hanging in the air, only connected to hooks, pierced through the flesh. Meet Beto Rea a mexican suspension artist who brought these rituals to the body art scene in germany