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"A life next door" shows bizarre and adventurous living environments.
What drives people to flee, how do they set up their new lives and how big is the difference between them and us "normal citizens"?
What fascination do the different subcultures exert? Because apparently they offer something that the "real" world cannot offer people.
Body modification - a change to the body that goes beyond simple tattoos and small navel piercings.
Common techniques include silicone implants that are inserted under the skin.
Or so-called cuttings and brandings, where the skin is scarred through cuts or burns, which then leave a pattern.
Body modification is extremely dependent on the culture.
For some peoples, it has always been quite normal to have tattoos or implants.
The pain that has to be endured in most forms of body modification is always an integral part of the ritual.
What drives people to change their bodies so fundamentally or to hang from the ceiling with meat hooks in their backs?
First broadcast: Friday, August 12, 2011, 10:30 p.m., ZDF.Kultur.
