Genesis P-Orridge, the Manchester-raised artist whose work with Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV gave rise to the industrial and acid house genres, has died. They were 70.
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, photographed in New York on Aug. 19, 2007. The artist, best known for their work in the groups Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, died on March 14, 2020.Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, photographed in New York on Aug. 19, 2007. The artist, best known for their work in the groups Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, died on March 14, 2020.
From an early age, P-Orridge learned how power weighed on the body. A small and sickly child from a working-class Manchester family, they attended an elite high school on scholarship. There, they endured physical abuse at the hands of their more affluent classmates, a ritualized simulation of the ways class relations unfold in adulthood.
In 1976, Throbbing Gristle played an early concert at London's Institute of Contemporary Art during a COUM exhibition called"Prostitution." On displaypornographic photos of COUM member Cosey Fanni Tutti, as well as used tampons, syringes and bottled blood. The abject tableau shocked a conservative Member of Parliament into infamously declaring the group the"wreckers of civilization," a telling pronouncement .
Throbbing Gristle, photographed on May 22, 1981. From Left: Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter"Sleazy" Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge.Throbbing Gristle, photographed on May 22, 1981. From Left: Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter"Sleazy" Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge.As the primary singer of Throbbing Gristle, P-Orridge's lyrics ran the gamut of the taboo.
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