What was once the main boiler room of the LA&M is now the DUNGEON exhibit, which exists to display artifacts from the institution’s collections in an erotic and sexually charged environment.How else could you display history this perverse?
Stainless Steel Male Custom Made Chastity Device. Mario Latowski, of Nordbögge, Germany, designed and fabricated the item. The device was developed from one he made for his wife as a costume for a "Castle Party" in Germany. Latowski received many inquiries for a male version of the chastity appliance, and after an intensive period of research and trial and error, the device was perfected. The final version is the one displayed. It is comfortable for long periods of use, and has a system for all waste elimination without the subject needing to exit the device. Notice the superior workmanship and locking system. The current approximate price from Germany: $1,000.00.
The exhibit also highlights a spanking bench that was designed and built as a custom “one off” by Lawrence, for an AOL BDSM Chat Room private party in a Chicago loft, on Labor Day weekend, 1997. It was originally painted all red, to match the cushions. The first time it was used, it split down the center, and the person on it slowly descended unhurt to the floor. The bench was then rebuilt, and fitted with chains that prevented a reoccurrence. It was used for subsequent Loft parties until New Years Eve, 1997-1998, when Galleria Domain, a Chicago BDSM club opened with the Red Bench installed as a permanent piece. It has been in service since the opening of the club. According to its creator, it was built "as a somewhat sarcastic response to all the folks who use equipment while complaining about the design and saying what should have been done...The bench was made to be all things to all bottoms."
The bench was meant to be infinitely adjustable. Arm and leg supports moved both up and down and forward and back making it able to comfortably almost any size person. The restraint guide positions were designed to allow the largest amount of configurations. Shoulder bumpers made sure that the bottom didn't "accidentally" slide forward away from the work area. These bumpers could be repositioned by inserting them into holes in custom machined steel tubes on either side.
Many a person has had their first spanking on this “Infamous Red Spanking Bench.”
The gargoyle statue watching over our dungeon, affectionately known as Frank once watched over Chuck Renslow’s own private dungeon. Now Frank (named by the Leather Archives staff, not Chuck) carries on his duties without a single complaint.
