Nemo Design presents Furry Kama Sutra, a photography/Video exhibition by New York based photographer Michael Cogliantry, opening on May 02, 2008. The show will run through Tuesday, June 01, 2008 at Nemo Design: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.
Furry Kama Sutra is the title for a new project by New York based photographer / director Michael Cogliantry.
For this series, Cogliantry captures the little seen world of Furry in a series of photographs and videos that are part position manual, part sexual sub-culture exploration.
Dressed as an animal of their choice, Furries are considered the ultimate explorers of anonymous sex. In the fur suit, one can leave the confines of the computer room and venture out into other’s bedrooms, remaining totally anonymous. Groups are based largely online, but hold conventions all over the world, usually barring the media.
The collection of seven 40 x 50†color photographs poses and three video episodes
were shot at various “by-the-hour†motels around Las Vegas.
This post made me think about the Daft Punk Da Funk video…will there be a boom box that can’t be shut off at the exhibition? Da Funk is now running nonstop in my cranial jukebox. There are worse songs that coulc be trapped in there….
April 30th, 2008 at 5:28 amWell, I guess it had to happen sometime. So much for being able to tell people that CSI was making all that stuff up!
July 11th, 2008 at 12:09 amAs a “furrie” I have to say this is complete crap, and THIS is why we bar the media from our cons. Because 99% of the photographers and journalists wanting in are looking for exactly this kind of B.S. and shock journalism.
Sure, I’m sure some people might want to try it at some point, but do you know how much a good fursuit runs? A least a couple thousand! I don’t know about you, but if I had to pay 2,000 dollars or more for a costume, especially one that would be ruined by bodily fluids, I wouldn’t let it NEAR someone in that kind of situation, much less sticky, grimy, or greasy anything!
Also, these things are unbelievably and swelteringly hot when you start moving around in them. I can’t see anyone lasting through multiple minutes of sexual activity in a fuzzy sauna without suffering heatstroke or worse.
This is exactly the kind of press we’re trying to NOT have, but what everyone seems to think we are thanks to this photographer, C.S.I., Vanity Fair, and MTV, among others.
Thankfully, many journalists that have been allowed into the cons alongside staff (like at Anthrocon), even the ones that were looking for this sort of demented garbage, were pleasantly surprised at the PG or PG-13 rating of everything around them. No out and out dry humping in public–no whispers of hidden “fur piles” in the hotel rooms. If they’re even close to worth their money, they write a wonderful article about how we’re friendly, normal people who just have a large affinity for cartoon animals.
Do we like sex? Sure we do–but we don’t undertake it while wearing, for all intents and purposes, a couch!
Do we have random sex? Well deep down we’re all human, after all. And humans do it all the time, so why not a ratio in the fandom that’s similar to the general population?
You people need to get over this–we’re normal people just like you. We’re insurance adjusters, we’re cashiers at Wal-Mart, we’re your babysitters and your teachers. We love cartoon animals, we like dressing up to pretend we are one, and we especially love the company of other people like us.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:40 amWhat terrible sensationalism this line is, “Furries are considered the ultimate explorers of anonymous sex”. I know plenty of furries who can be stereotyped in about 50 other ways, but not that way. Also, from what I’ve seen the fur suits are terrible quality.
My guess is this isn’t really meant to be something visually amazing, just the artist’s perspective.. which is common and not very thought provoking. Just dramatic and rediculous.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:59 pmI am a furry as well, and though it happens, I agree, this is dumb. Even “normal” people have weird sex, and it’s only some of the population anyway, just like with furries.
Most of the furry fandom isn’t even based on fursuits and conventions. It’s based on people who like anthromorphic stuff. If you like the Lion King, well, quite frankly, it’s furry in it’s most raw and simplest form.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:54 amUhmm…wow…just wow. Totally does not capture furry at all. It’s aiming at 1% of what furries do. This “photographer” is crushing the truth and showing what they think is what furries all about. I wear fursuits myself, and not once have I had sex it it. I’m rather disappointed this is how we’re being portrayed.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:23 amHonestly, I must speak. I have been a ‘closet’ furry for years, and just this year went to my first convention. Now from what I’d heard from people not within the fandom was exactly what this man portrays. I “heard” that everyone was horrible and that the only point was to get laid and find the best porn pictures. When I went to MephitFurMeet 08, that is not the image I got! In fact, everyone was sweet, and pleasant, everything was very calm and family-oriented. Ofcourse, like any other meeting of numerous adults, there was the potential for any number of “socially” unacceptable acts, but I honestly saw nothing of this during my stay. This was also with being over the age of 21 and being allowed to drink at the few parties there were. I saw no abnormal sexual or otherwise behavior. All I saw was people who shared some of the same interests as myself. Proudly furry and supportive of the fandom,
Hestia Mehar (aka BluWolf0 and Amber)
December 7th, 2008 at 9:47 pmI Really Love Reading Your Blog. Excellent. Keep up the great work!
April 28th, 2009 at 2:26 pmTHEY DO HAVE SEX IN THOSE COSTUMES…ONE OF MY FRIENDS SD THEY SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INSTALLING AC SYSTEMS IN THEM TO PREVENT OVER-HEATING..
May 24th, 2009 at 11:52 pmok… just wow. First point is your friend is BSing. Now lets think about why. 1) cost. Most people cant afford a full fursuit of any quality and then making a portable air conditioning system? Now 2) weight and tech difficulty. Ever lifted a freaking air conditioner? They are heavy! Anyone who tried to carry one of those on their body during sex would throw their back out. And how would you power it? A battery adds extra weight and a plug limits motion and range. and final 3) why? there is no reason to go through all the trouble when you can just take off the suit and do it normally. easier just to take off the suit. and if they really REALLY want to be anonymous, don’t have lights or just wear the head. Seriously, don’t believe what everyone says. And I get tired of all the slander on furries. Weird sex, causing aids, and everything else, is ridiculous and gets on everyones nerves.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:14 pmWOW! just WOW! i don’t know why someone would make this shit. i have been a furry fan for a while now and i know that no furry would do that. don’t listen to what everyone tells you. that is NOT the furry comunity. sure i sometimes wonder what sex with an animal is like but not enogh to do THAT. this is a lie and slander. it’s like i say, “furry NOT freaky”
February 8th, 2010 at 3:45 amWow. Absolutely ridiculous. I’ve always been a furry fan. My entire attraction to the “furry fandom” is getting in touch with my inner totem animal. My spiritual beliefs are strongly aligned with those of my Native American ancestors, and I feel that portraying what the Great Earth Mother has seen fit to assign me as my protector is doing a great and honorable service to Her, as well as allowing me to feel more in touch with my great, powerful, and beautiful wolf totem. This is nothing but slanderous bull that squanders what being a furry truly is, whether you’re just getting in touch with that inner cartoon anthropomorphic character or getting a feel of what it would be like to be your favorite animal for a while.
May 31st, 2010 at 11:33 pmAnd I mean, really, have you ever been comforted by a furry in a full fursuit? It’s like being hugged by a living, breathing dog/teddy bear/cat/etc. The media of this post is not to believed.
How the hell does this qualify as art? I don’t care about the furry debate going on down here in the comments. Just how does people in fursuits humping make art?
June 19th, 2010 at 10:58 pmThis is not art. It’s just photos of freaks.
May 5th, 2011 at 11:06 amOkay, first of all, if you’re going to do something like this, do your research. I’m asexual, meaning I have no interest in sex at all. I’m also a furry. I enjoy being in costume. I enjoy running around being goofy and entertaining people. I am by no means some kind of entrepreneur of some pervy alternate universe or whatever it is you crackpots make us out to be.
Secondly–really? The sample photos you have up there make me laugh. Not only are the suits of horrendously bad quality, but so are your photography skills. Most furries are artists–myself included. If the shots above are what you have to offer, than this gallery is going to be an artistic joke. Bad quality, horrendous compositions, amateurish lighting–please tell me this article is just an attempt to troll, because otherwise my faith in human intelligence has dwindled even further. -_-
September 11th, 2011 at 8:32 pmI totaly agree with lynn
October 20th, 2011 at 10:21 pm