Food Play - A GATA Editorial

 

Food fetish, eroticism and the Japanese tradition of nyotaimori: GATA presents our newest editorial exploring the world of deviant desires

 
 

What happens when the world suppresses your sexuality? For visual artist, Zuza Kepa, you embrace it in full force. Food Play is the latest editorial from GATA to welcome the kinkier side of the human experience—this time in an exploration of our relationship with food and the all-consuming obsessions that surround it.

The creative child of director Zuza Kepa, Food Play is strongly influenced by the Japanese tradition of nyotaimori; the practice of sushi served on the body of a nude woman. While the tradition itself may be entrenched with misogynistic overtones and notions of objectification; with Food Play, Zuza reclaims the notion of positive sexuality and food being intertwined, and revives it under the lens of a more feminine perspective.

Accompanied by text from Andy Riano—the creative force behind Tokiokink—the flow of images and words takes the form of a visual poem, painting the mindscape of a character exploring their sexuality and femininity through experimentation and unconventional methods. The collection of provocative images and raw, unfiltered words brings a new interpretation of the feminine gaze in 2024.

Be sure to follow Zuza on instagram for more of her projects related to kink and femininity.


 
 

“My back twitches, as I stretch out amongst the satin table covers, cracking my hips and thrusting my head. I begin to touch myself, slowly, at my core, my fingers stained blue by the fairy cakes that I devoured.”

“I dip my left finger in the blue buttercream and paint my nipple sweet. I squirm and move to the rhythm of my hand, my body a desert battlefield. Amongst everything I have prepared, I become both feast and feaster, indulging in the richness of my own essence.”

 
 

“Each lick, each drop of juice that makes its way from the nape of my neck to the delicate hairline on my stomach is a celebration of self, a revelry in the abundance of my being.”

 
 

“I grasp a pomegranate, its flesh yielding beneath my touch, symbolising the complexity and fertility of my being. With defiance, I crush her, feeling the juice cascade over me like a declaration of my own power.”

 
 

“I smear the sweetness across my skin, my fingers tracing my curves to arrive at my pussy. My mouth is filled to the brim with ripe pomegranate seeds, feeling their crunch and skin burst, as my teeth bite down on them.“

 
 

“An explosion, the spit and juice overwhelms my lips, they cave and open, a river flowing down my chin.”

 
 

“I redefine myself not as a delicacy to be savoured, but as a force to be reckoned with—a woman who refuses to be confined to the narrow confines of societal expectations. I am not a cherry.”

 
 

Concept/Art Direction/Set Design: Zuza Kepa (@zuza_nella)

Photography/Retouching: Nicole Chen (@nicolechensphoto)

Makeup: Angelica Kuz

Hair: Nina Brown (@ninabrownhair)

Model: Maggie (@amoymaggie)

Text: Andy Riano (@softhulk)