Art by Ridley 2

Ridley - Mechanised Torture 1

 This group of images by Ridley are collectively named 'Mechanised Torture' on the copies I have, but 'mechanised' doesn't seem quite the right word for this sci-fi, robotic milking fantasy. This is quite an early example of rendering, I can trace it back to 2005, but it's pretty convincing. All 4 images are derived from the same basic composition.

 

Ridley - Mechanised Torture 2

The basic fetish ingredients here are much the same as 'Hospital' in the last post, except that the mask has been transferred to the 'patient'. I don't know if it's purpose is to anaesthetise him, drug him, silence him or subject him to the additional torment of breath control. 

From this angle you can see there's a noticeable separation between the milked man and the milking device, in fact the chair and the robot are not physically connected at all. It creates an acute sense of  cold, inhuman purpose which is underlined by the crudity of the claw-like attachment and the jumbo sized, anal plug (although the smoothly-knobbed surface of the plunger seems to imply sensual intentions). Other than that, the helpless subject is offered no secondary stimulation other than raw fear to help him produce the goods.

Ridley - Mechanised Torture 3

 

In this viewpoint Ridley makes the inhumanity of the scenario clear by showing an row of faceless, sexless humanoids seemingly witnessing the proceedings in some way. Terms like 'audience' and 'observers' scarcely seem appropriate for these mannikin-like figures. They show no signs of emotion or sentience which we can recognise. By contrast, we glimpse the human personality of the captive for the first time in a cascade of youthful hair seeming to sprout from the mask itself. 

The dummies seem to be an attempt to create an artistic statement about male sexuality. There's the sense of a public judicial or military punishment in some ways, but I suspect this is simply a demonstration being conducted in an Alien lecture on human biology. But I don't claim to fully understand the significance of the imagery other than it's weirdness.

Ridley - Mechanised Torture 4

This image differs from the first only in the addition of a smoking cigar in the captive's mouth. I can't say for certain if this is an original ingredient or an adaptation by someone else. It seems inconsistent with the clinical context of the other images. However, it does fit with the idea of the mask being used to control what the subject breathes, but I confess that I have never smoked and don't really have a feel for how the smoking fetish 'works' in general, let alone in a context like this. I'd welcome enlightenment from readers who do!

Read this mitchmen series from Ridley Part 1