Hedone
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SHAME • THE FRUIT OF PASSION • KERNEL OF SALTY HONEY • DIFFERENT STROKES • A DEEP DIVE • FORBIDDEN FRUIT • EVERY BODY • SONNET TO AN ASSHOLE
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The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion...
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- Anais Nin
MANIFESTO
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At Hedone, we want to create an alternative to how pornography, eroticism and art are perceived and consumed today.
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WE WANT TO REACH THOSE WHO ARE ADVENTUROUS, LIKE US, EAGER TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT SIDES, SHADES, COLOURS AND FORMS THAT SEXUALITY CAN BE REPRESENTED, WHILE TELLING A STORY THROUGH A FEMINIST AND QUEER LENS, BLURRING THE LINES BETWEEN EROTICA AND PORN, WHICH BY SOME, ARE UNDERSTOOD AS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. COMBINING EROTIC IMAGERY WITH FRAGMENTS OF POETRY, STORIES OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, QUOTES THAT SERVE AS INSPIRATION FOR THE VISUAL EXPLORATION, WE OFFER A COLLECTION OF 11 DIFFERENT VISIONS OF EROTICISM, ONE THAT GOES BEYOND PRECONCEIVED NORMS. TRYING, LEARNING BY DOING AND EXPERIMENTING ALSO ON THE AUTHORS’ SIDE, CREATING MORE UNIQUE, DARING, ABSTRACT, UNUSUAL WAYS OF REPRESENTING SEX AND SEXUALITY. THIS ORGANIC EVOLUTION, CREATED THROUGH METHODOLOGICALLY EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH SURPRISES, SEDUCES AND STIMULATES.
HEDONE IS ABOUT E X P L O R I N G KNOWN AND U N K N O W N PLEASURES, LEARNING ABOUT Y O U R S E L F AND OTHERS. CHALLENGING YOUR IDEAS OF EROTICISM AND PORNOGRAPHY, WE WANT TO O V E R C O M E
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GENDER BIAS AND LET THE I M A G I N AT I O N TAKE OVER.
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BEDSIDE PRODUCTIONS
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Photo by Birk Thomassen
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“Through porn, sexy raves and collaborating on this magazine, we wish to arouse everyone’s curiosity and desire for self-expression, and through thoughtful creation, we hope to encourage a nuanced conversation on porn and its potential. Today, Bedside consists of those who are involved in projects at any given time – a loosely structured collective of people with different skill sets and backgrounds, but shared values.” If you want to join this journey of exploration have a check out the details of how to get involved on page 102.
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Photo by Birk Thomassen
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“Shame is the lie s o m e o n e told you a b o u t y o u r s e l f . ”
- Anaïs Nin
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THE FRUIT
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Words by Yusef Komunyakaa Photography by Gosia Kraszewska and PJ
OF PASSION
If only he could touch her Her name like an old wish In the stopped weather of salt On a snail. He longs to be 25
Words, juicy as passionfruit On her tongue. He’d do anything, Would dance three days & nights To make the most terrible gods Rise out of ashes of the yew, To step from the naked Fray, to be as tender As meat imagined off The bluegill’s pearlish Bones. He longs to be An orange, to feel fingernails Run a seam through him. “LUST” by Yusef Komunyakaa
THE FRUIT OF PASSION
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Words by Anais Nin Photography by Gosia Kraszewska
SALTY HONEY
“SHE GOT UP AND BROUGHT A LONG MIRROR TOWARDS THE WINDOW. SHE STOOD IT ON THE FLOOR AGAINST A CHAIR. THEN SHE SAT DOWN IN FRONT OF IT ON THE RUG, AND FACING IT, SLOWLY OPENED HER LEGS. THE SIGHT WAS ENCHANTING. THE SKIN WAS FLAWLESS, THE VULVA, ROSEATE AND FULL. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THE GUM PLANT LEAF, WITH ITS SECRET MILK THAT THE PRESSURE OF THE FINGER COULD BRING OUT, THE ODOROUS MOISTURE THAT CAME LIKE THE MOISTURE OF THE SEA SHELLS...” 34
KERNEL OF SALTY HONEY
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KERNEL OF SALTY HONEY
...So was Venus born of the sea with this little kernel of salty honey in her, which only caresses could bring out of the hidden recesses of her body.” - Anaïs Nin
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DIFFERENT
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Words by Milan Kundera Illustration by Gosia Kraszewska
STROKES
DIFFERENT STROKES
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“The greater the ambiguity, the greater the pleasure.” Milan Kundera
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Fantasy by Anonymous Illustration by Gosia Kraszewska
DIVE
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THE TWO OF US TAKING OUR TIME TO EXPLORE EACH OTHER’S MINDS AND BODIES WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND PASSIONATE, AS IF WE WERE SPEAKING A LANGUAGE ONLY KNOWN BY US.
A DEEP DIVE
Feeling our soft skin rub against each other. The sweet smell of you. I softly kiss the nape of your neck and run my hand down your back. The warmth between us makes me lose control and completely surrender to your body. It devours me. I want to explore and caress every little piece of it. And you let me. - Anonymous
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llustration by Gosia Kraszewska
DEN FRUIT
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
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JUST FOR FUN
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THE SMELL OF HER FLOWER
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WHAT WAS IT LIKE EATING A MUSHROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME? TRULY MAGICAL
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LET ME TICKLE YOUR PICKLE
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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS... MAKE THEM SQUIRT SOME OF THEIR JUICE
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YOU BRUISED MY PEACH!
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BEAUTIFUL...EYES... MAKE ME WANNA DROWN IN THEM
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WHAT A JUICY PEACH OF ASS
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CECI N’EST PAS UNE FRAISE
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DIFFERENT WAY OF POPPING A CHERRY
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WHEN YOU’RE READY TO TIE THE KNOT
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BUSH MY BUTTON
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LOVING HIS FUZZ
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Fantasy by Anonymous Photo manipulation by Gosia Kraszewska
BODY
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I have this fantasy about a radically inclusive orgy. People from different walks of life, of all ages, genders, bodies, sexualities etc. join an intimate yet anonymous gathering as the ultimate celebration of life. Sexual drives and needs, being the primary cause for life, make all differences blur. The aliveness that is felt through sexual nature unites every body as human beings, accepting each person as they are, mixing them into the collective energy. Caressing and being caressed, kissing and being kissed, touching and being touched, watching and being watched, exploring and being explored, holding and being held, fucking and being fucked. It’s a celebration of sexuality that frees us of our individual existence and instead lets us indulge in the shared experience. - Anonymous
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EVERY BODY
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Caressing and being caressed, kissing and being kissed, touching and being touched, watching and being watched, exploring and being explored, holding and being held, fucking and being fucked.
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SONNET OF THE ASSHOLE
Obscur et froncé comme un oeillet violet, Il respire, humblement tapi parmi la mousse Humide encor d’amour qui suit la fuite douce Des Fesses blanches jusqu’au coeur de son ourlet. Des filaments pareils à des larmes de lait Ont pleuré, sous l’autan cruel qui les repousse A travers de petits caillots de marne rousse, Pour s’aller perdre où la pente les appelait.
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Mon Rêve s’aboucha souvent à sa ventouse; Mon âme, du coït matériel jalouse, En fit son larmier fauve et son nid de sanglots. C’est l’olive pâmée, et la flûte caline C’est le tube où descend la céleste praline: Chanaan féminin dans les moiteurs enclos!
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Dark and wrinkled like a violet carnation, It breathes, humbly lurking in moss Still moist from love following the sweet flight Of white Buttocks to its rim’s heart
Dark and wrinkled like a violet carnation, It breathes, humbly lurking in moss Still moist from love following the sweet flight Of white Buttocks to its rim’s heart
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Strands like milky tears were wept Beneath the cruel wind driving them back, Between little clots of reddish clay Losing themselves in the beckoning slope.
Strands like milky tears were wept Beneath the cruel wind driving them back, Between little clots of reddish clay Losing themselves in the beckoning slope.
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My dream often mouthed its vent; My soul, jealous of real coitus, Made it a musky vessel for sobs and tears. Swooning olive, tender flute, the tube From which heavenly praline flows: A womanly Canaan surrounded in moisture. - From Wyatt Mason’s translation of Complete Rimbaud.
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HOLY
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TRINITY
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FANCY JOINING OUR SEXPLORATIVE JOURNEY?
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Share your fantasies, stories, favourite erotic poetry to see them reinterpreted and adapted into artworks for upcoming issues. If you’re an artist, we’ll be happy to hear from you, as we’re always open to new collaborations. Drop us a message at
hello@hedonemag.com
and become a part of creating Hedone.
Remember to also follow Bedside for any upcoming raves, film releases and open casting calls. If you want to contribute to them say hello at info@bedside-productions.com
RUNNING ORDER P. 6-13
THE MANIFESTO P. 14-19
BEDSIDE PRODUCTIONS P. 20-23
SHAME P.24-31
THE FRUIT OF PASSION P. 32-41
KERNEL OF SALTY HONEY P.42-51
DIFFERENT STROKES P.52-61
A DEEP DIVE P.62-75
FORBIDDEN FRUIT P.76-85
EVERY BODY P.86-95
SONNET TO AN ASSHOLE
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