There isn't much that will shock the people of Los Angeles. They've seen it all, from wild movie stunts to people living their most authentic lives. Yet, on Friday, it's fair to assume most of them were left scratching their heads. A dominatrix had decided to give the Hollywood sign a makeover, as she strapped a mummified man to the landmark.
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If we're being honest, none of us would have had such a weird and wild development on our bingo card. Nevertheless, authorities eventually caught up with the dominatrix, detaining her and citing her for trespassing.
Now, that dominatrix has chosen to speak out.
"I hiked up the mountain with the sub at 5:30 AM in the dark and waited at the top of the mountain until 10 AM, then jumped the fence with him and scaled down the steep cliff to get to the sign's letters," she said, via TMZ. "It was much harder to climb to and from the sign on the cliffside than I had imagined, but we did it."
The dominatrix, named Sabine, then continued by explaining what happened after she and her 'sub' had completed the stunt.
"After I cut him down, we scaled back up the cliff to the fence that's behind the sign where a ton of cops were waiting for us and had been yelling at us over loudspeakers," she explained. "There was also a police helicopter above us tracking us."
The Stunt From the Dominatrix Was About Art
For most of us, seeing a man mummified and strapped to the Hollywood sign is something out of the ordinary. It's shocking enough to stop us and make us look. However, for Sabine, it would appear the stunt was done in the name of art.
"Hollywood is built around aspiration, fame, visibility and celebrity," she said. "Mummification does the opposite; it obscures the face, restricts movement, and erases identity. Against this monument to being seen, I wanted him to appear anonymous and vulnerable."
Art is always open to interpretation, so take her 'piece' however you choose. For most of us, though, we're probably still wondering what the point of the stunt actually was. We'll probably never know.
