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Instrument for Spanking

(From The Inutile Instrument Series)
1989
Assemblage with tone alarm and meter
28 x 10 x 5 inches
A switch activates a pulsing alarm and meter to warn of impending punishment. The paddle lifts from the hook and we’re ready! Convenience, pain….
Collection of John Spong

The Inutile Instrument Series
This loose knit series of useless instruments, as the title suggests, began in 1989 with, Inutile Instrument #1, Inutime, and Self Registering Instrument and has since grown to loosely include other work. We can let pieces like The Reality Comparator and the Paradox Box or Instrument for the Translation of Paleographic Memory be included or maybe even say, Instrument for Spanking …. but that seems a bit too utile. Look around through the site. You decide.