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'''<u>"Yes, if you touch the wrong thing you'll get cooties."</u>'''
'''Constant Elevation''' is a [[Suspension team]] based in Northwest London, England, at the infamous House of Wah. Run by Benoit ([http://lefrog.bmezine.com iam:lefrog]) and Alice ([http://namesofthedead.bmezine.com iam:namesofthedead]).


Constant Elevation organised the first and second London suscons (also known as the WahCons), in the Summer of 2005, along with several smaller events and private suspensions. There are facilities for both indoor and outdoor suspensions (outdoor in summer only, due to the lovely British weather).
If you touch something that's non-[[Sterile|sterile]], you are contaminated. If you then touch something that's not contaminated (or is currently sterile), it becomes contaminated, and so on. This is why a responsible modification practitioner goes through more than one pair of [[Gloves|gloves]] in a procedure, switching it whenever they have become contaminated and then need to access something which they may not contaminate.


Constant Elevation are involved in performances at clubs and events, as both performers and crew, often with the [[Psycho Cyborgs]].
As such, a practitioner has to be constantly aware of what they are touching and what its status is. Any time they touch anything that might be contaminated (for example, a cabinet door), their gloves are then considered contaminated. Any clean object touched after that gets added to the contaminated list (including the [[Client|client]]), potentially transferring [[Microbes|microbes]] and other contaminants. Switching gloves halts this process if it is done at the right times.
 
Ben and Alice are known for their 'inventively-themed' suspensions, including the 'housewife suspension' series, and the tea-party suspension, as featured in the Channel4 documentary [http://www.channel4.com/humancanvas Human Canvas], on Radio Three's ''Night Waves'', ''Dazed&Confused'' magazine, ''Skin Deep'' and others.
 
If you are interested in suspending with Constant Elevation, contact Alice or Ben through their [[IAM]] pages, or through the [http://www.constant-elevation.co.uk Constant Elevation Website].
 
[[File:Extremeknitting.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Alice's 'Extreme Knitting' Suspension]]

Latest revision as of 02:08, 17 September 2023

"Yes, if you touch the wrong thing you'll get cooties."

If you touch something that's non-sterile, you are contaminated. If you then touch something that's not contaminated (or is currently sterile), it becomes contaminated, and so on. This is why a responsible modification practitioner goes through more than one pair of gloves in a procedure, switching it whenever they have become contaminated and then need to access something which they may not contaminate.

As such, a practitioner has to be constantly aware of what they are touching and what its status is. Any time they touch anything that might be contaminated (for example, a cabinet door), their gloves are then considered contaminated. Any clean object touched after that gets added to the contaminated list (including the client), potentially transferring microbes and other contaminants. Switching gloves halts this process if it is done at the right times.

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