{"id":494,"date":"2014-11-20T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T00:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/?p=494"},"modified":"2022-04-19T10:56:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T17:56:53","slug":"i-was-a-male-contortionist-on-skinwars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/i-was-a-male-contortionist-on-skinwars\/","title":{"rendered":"I was a male contortionist on SkinWars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s such an awesome gift to be able to meet and be painted by the best body paint artists in the world! This is one of the reasons being a contortionist in Hollywood is so incredible.&nbsp;And it&#8217;s really fun to see&nbsp;what a group of contortionists can do when you put us all together in a room and cover us with paint. The advantage to working with contortionists: we can hold an uncomfortable position for a long time, which is something we do in training. That was crucial to figuring out the skull, from sketch to paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=456280261181146\">See the eyebrows<\/a>? I&#8217;m the eyebrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=456280261181146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" data-attachment-id=\"511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/a.png\" data-orig-size=\"500,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Contortionists in human skull from Skinwars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/a.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/a.png\" alt=\"Contortionists in human skull from Skinwars\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/a.png 500w, https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/a-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSkinWarsShow%2Fvideos%2F712493642226472%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/artbydutch?fref=ts\">Dutch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/artbyfelle?fref=ts\">Felle<\/a> figured out how we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d all fit together, and some of us didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bend certain ways, so we had to figure out who did what in the skull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between sketching, painting and rehearsing, we were all there for about 16 hours (and shooting was relatively quick). None of the contortionists&nbsp;were very comfortable as we held our positions (though Dutch watched out as he was concerned) but we made something really cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"1189\" data-attachment-id=\"502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/i-was-a-male-contortionist-on-skinwars\/scot-nery-skin-wars-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/scot-nery-skin-wars1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"924,1189\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scot Nery, male contortionist, Skin Wars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/scot-nery-skin-wars1-795x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/scot-nery-skin-wars1.jpg\" alt=\"Scot Nery, male contortionist, Skin Wars\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/scot-nery-skin-wars1.jpg 924w, https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/scot-nery-skin-wars1-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/scot-nery-skin-wars1-795x1024.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like if David Bowie was a&nbsp;male contortionist. And was also making a fish face.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the skull top, I spent my time leaning forward, sitting on a stool with my chest between my knees. A third of my weight was on my head and I had to pick up my elbows as high as I could, like wings, to create the effect in the video. While we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have time to train for these positions, we managed to hold pretty still. You can see some shaking as our muscles&nbsp;were giving out toward the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The animation&nbsp;of the skull may have come from the fact that we were shifting around during the process, and Dutch figured out a way to use that as an advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"1175\" data-attachment-id=\"504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/i-was-a-male-contortionist-on-skinwars\/skin-wars-arm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/skin-wars-arm.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"881,1175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"skin-wars-arm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/skin-wars-arm-767x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/skin-wars-arm.jpg\" alt=\"Scot Nery, male contortionist, Skin Wars, painted arm \" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/skin-wars-arm.jpg 881w, https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/skin-wars-arm-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/jugglegood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/skin-wars-arm-767x1024.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t normally get to work with this many other contortionists &#8212; male or female &#8212; and it was fun to see what everyone could do and the different ways we all work. I got to compare&nbsp;notes; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure if this is a male contortionist thing, but after doing front-bending contortion, I often have very loose hips, and my walking is a little wobbly for a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got to hang out with a few others people, too. I was eating some fruit backstage, and RuPaul asked me if I was afraid of eating too much fruit before having to contort. I told him I wouldn&#8217;t&nbsp;be the fruitiest thing out there. I think he liked my joke, but I&#8217;m not sure. It was dark, and I ran away intimidated by his awesomeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was happy to see&nbsp;people there from the Vau De Vire Society and others from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccentrictalent.com\/Home.html\">Eccentric Talent<\/a>.&nbsp;It was also great&nbsp;to see <a href=\"http:\/\/skincitybodypainting.com\">Robin Slonina<\/a>,&nbsp;who was a judge on the show and is married to my good friend Jimmy Slonina.&nbsp;Thanks to Chantel for the awesome gig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s such an awesome gift to be able to meet and be painted by the best body paint artists in the world! 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