STUDIO DARKNESS

AESTHETIC, FETISH-THEMED EROTICA BY ARTIST NICO BERTRAND

Are you interested in exploring the small, hidden fetishes we all have but do not openly talk about? Dig a little bit deeper into the stranger, darker side of sexuality? Then Studio Darkness, a fairly new Spanish production company by Nico Bertrand is definitely worthy of your attention.
If you don’t mind turning a blind eye on the somewhat clumsy english translations on the website, you will discover that Bertrand is not the typical porn producer. He is a creative mind with a keen interest in sexuality and particularly in what we might call the “bad” or “dark” part of ourselves. He searches for the beauty in that darkness and tries to capture this in his kinky short films.

S[/dropcap] ince 2015 Bertrand has been working on fusing sex, art, cinema and culture into his erotic films. He does everything himself, even performing, and in most videos the background music is composed by him as well. Bertrand pays attention to all the details of sex: the stimulation of all the senses, timing, foreplay. The short film Everything is For You – also featured on Lust Cinema – about a female submissive who gets multiple orgasmic rewards for good behaviour by her mistress, is a good and very hot example of Bertrand’s artistic style.

One of Bertrand’s trademarks is the closeness he generates. In the solo videos his female performers look and/or talk directly into the camera. As a viewer it makes you feel like you are holding the camera yourself, which brings forth a sense of intimacy quite similar to watching a pornographic, male POV (= point of view) Virtual Reality video. In a sense these films have a bit of a “homemade” feeling. When more people are involved, Bertrand makes many close-up shots to give you the sensation you can almost touch their skin.

Studio Darkness is interesting for everyone who likes kinks and fetishes that are not too extreme and shot with an eye for aesthetics. Next to themes such as medical fetish, love for feet and control games, Gamer and October are more “vanilla” or soft – so to speak.